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Westboro Baptist Church members display their signs in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010. The Church won its free speech case in the ruling issued in 2011. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks

(RNS4-mar26) A Westboro Baptist Church sign holder, left, and gay marriage supporter spread their messages outside the Supreme Court on March 26, 2013. Throngs of supporters and opponents gathered outside the high court as it considered cases about same-sex marriage. For use with RNS-SCOTUS-PROP8, transmitted on March 26, 2013, RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks.

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The pentacle and sticker showing support for same-sex marriage worn by the Rev. Debby Morris, a Germantown, Md., minister of Circle Sanctuary, a Wiccan church, outside the Supreme Court on March 26, 2013. Throngs of supporters and opponents gathered outside the high court as it considered cases about same-sex marriage. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks

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Left to right, Pastor Abel Palomo of College Park, Md., and Collete DiMemmo of Altoona, Pa., debate with Washington, D.C., resident John Rohrer and his husband, John Lestitian, across the street from the Supreme Court. Throngs of supporters and opponents gathered outside the high court as it considered cases about same-sex marriage. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks

(RNS1-mar26) Left to right, Pastor Abel Palomo of College Park, Md., and Collete DiMemmo of Altoona, Pa., debate with Washington, D.C., resident John Rohrer and his husband, John Lestitian, across the street from the Supreme Court. Throngs of supporters and opponents gathered outside the high court as it considered cases about same-sex marriage. For use with RNS-SCOTUS-PROP8, transmitted on March 26, 2013, RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks.