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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums10,000 marched in DC today for traditional marriage. Or maybe "thousands." Or maybe "hundreds."
Estimates vary.
There's a photo here -- you can decide.
http://www.ibtimes.com/march-marriage-2015-organizers-say-10000-turned-out-anti-gay-marriage-demonstration-1896897
Organizers of a rally against same-sex marriage held in Washington Saturday said they believe several thousand people attended their demonstration, but law enforcement officials would not confirm that number. The National Organization for Marriage convened the March for Marriage ahead of Tuesday's same-sex marriage case arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, which could validate gay marriage across the nation. A decision is expected before the court recesses for the summer.
The rally speakers said they oppose all attempts to stop states from defining marriage as a union solely between a man and a woman. Thirty-one states initially passed constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage. Of the 31 states that had bans, 26 have been struck down by U.S. courts. Eight of the 26 states where same-sex marriage bans were overturned by court order have appealed the ruling, keeping bans on the unions in place in 13 states total.
March for marriage participants traveled from Third Street, near the reflecting pool on Capitol Hill, to the front of the Supreme Court building, said NOM spokesman Paul Bothwell, who estimated the crowd at approximately 10,000. A dispatcher for the U.S. Capitol Police said officials were not releasing crowd size estimates to the public. Social media photos suggested attendance may have been decidedly lower than Bothwell's estimate.
http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/March-for-marriage-in-Washington-DC-301330811.html
Hundreds of people took to the steps of Capitol Hill to rally in support of traditional marriage. They say marriage is not a civil right and the government should not get involved.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Doesn't matter anyway. They are going to vote for gay marriage. They have no choice. 390,000 marriages revoked would be an administrative nightmare. I wish that wasn't the reason they vote for gay marriage but that will end up the reason.
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)I think the Court will see this as an equal right issue too. They will use the 390,000 marriage as cover but they know that equal rights are at stake.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Thirteen!
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)xfundy
(5,105 posts)Compare and contrast to the marches on Washington for gay rights and when the AIDS quilt was there. Pathetic.
Dozens
arcane1
(38,613 posts)doesn't that mean there shouldn't be any government rules forbidding same-sex marriage?