msnbc: Meet some of the activists that were outside the Supreme...

Shelly Bailes & Ellen Pontac of Davis, CA have been together 41 years and legally married for 6. They've been LGBT rights activists since 1983. They were in the courtroom for part of today's hearing.


Dmitri Chizhevsky stands in front of protesters with a sign that says: "I survived homophobes in Russia, and I will survive you too." Dmitri is an asylum seeker from Russia who moved here in 2014.




Beth Corbin and Brittanie Holder of Americans United for Separation of Church and State say they are hopeful the Court will rule in favor of marriage equality. #SCOTUS #scotusmarriage


Activists wave a rainbow flag and cheer for marriage equality.


A sign for the Harry Potter fans.


Fred Smith of Virginia holds a sign he made with historical images of segregation, with the slogan: "Don't be on the wrong side of history again." Smith says his parents fought for civil rights.


Joanne Shain and Mary Jo Kennedy from New York have been together 33 years and got married the first day it became legal in New York in 2011.


John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney of San Francisco have been married since 2008, but they're here today because they say: "We're not just Californians, we're Americans."


Angela Frazier Henson and her wife Katherine Henson are plaintiffs in the Arkansas same-sex marriage case that is before the Supreme Court today

msnbc:

Meet some of the activists that were outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning as the Court began hearing arguments in a historic case that could determine whether there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. 

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