Lauren Hendricks, 20, of Tallahassee, Fla., left, and Cameron Tolle, 21, of Cincinnati, chant with thousands of gay rights advocates during a march in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009.
Blake Jelley, 19, of Cincinnati, center, and A.J. Weilmoth, 22, of Knoxville, Tenn., chant with thousands of gay rights advocates at the start of the National Equality March in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009.
Blake Jelley, 19, of Cincinnati, center, A.J. Weilmoth, 22, of Knoxville, Tenn., second right, and Colton Mclain, 19, of Knoxville, Tenn., right, chant with thousands of gay rights advocates at the start of a march in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009.
Actress Cynthia Nixon speaks at the National Equality March in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Thousands of gay rights supporters marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against gays.
Judy Shepard, center, the mother of Matthew Shepard who was slain in a 1998 hate crime, waits to speak at the National Equality March in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009.
Doug Armstrong, 35, of Washington, left, blows bubbles at Arundhati Baden-Mayer Eidinger, 5, as she walks with her mother Alexis Baden-Mayer Eidinger, of Washington, center, during the National Equality March with thousands of gay rights advocates in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009.
Daniel Raeder, 17, of Rockville, Md., holds a rainbow flag by the Capitol as thousands of gay rights advocates rally in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009.
Gay rights advocates march past the White House in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Thousands of gay rights supporters marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against gays.
Gay rights advocates march by the White House in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Thousands of gay rights supporters marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against gays.
Gay rights advocates fill the west lawn of the Capitol during a rally in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009.