Boy tries to single-handedly block more than 11,000 anti-gay protesters
 

Boy tries to single-handedly block more than 11,000 anti-gay protesters
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All across Mexico this weekend, thousands of people marched to protest same-*** marriage, as the country comes closer to passing marriage equality nationwide.

In Celaya, Guanajuato, however, one 12-year-old boy decided to take a stand ... literally, by standing in the middle of the street in hopes of stopping protesters. A powerful photo, captured by journalist Manuel Rodriguez, features the boy standing bravely before an estimated 11,000 protesters.*

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Rodriguez toldRegeneracíon that he initially thought the boy was just playing, and that the story behind the image was far more in**cuous. Read more...

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