Mountain Xpress coverage, including a slideshow of my photos, is here. I was amazed that they didn't use the best photos of Gordon Smith, who got really fired up at the end:
I'm still not clear on the differences between a protest, rally and vigil. Whatever it was, it was well done, clearly professionally organized. But, like any protest, it wasn't all peace and love. And because "every photo necessarily hides more than it reveals," I wanted to post these: 
Protests are tricky business, and ever since I read this essay about the SF Chronicle's protest coverage, I'm very careful to walk the line. Whether or not the lady on the right intends the red star to be a symbol of communism I don't know, but I'd be remiss in not showing the photo. I think the message on the left is pretty clear.
But the message from the organizers was entirely about peace and love. Smith's entire speech is quoted in the Xpress piece. 
14 September 2011
B-Sides: Marriage Amendment Vigil
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Your photographs have staying power, which is something that television rarely gives us. Your photographs in these past couple of stories are more than illustrations and I hope you can keep it up.
Mike
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