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  • 2
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    World leaders step up for 'family photo' at G-8 summit

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    President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta and European Council President Herman Van Rumpuy arrive for a group photograph on June 18, 2013 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

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    Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, host of the G-8 summit, with President Barack Obama.

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    The G-8 leaders were joined by two representatives of the European Union, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (left) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (right).

    World leaders gathered beneath a cloudy sky to pose for a traditional 'family photograph' at the G-8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday. 

    A discussion over the conflict in Syria was set to dominate the last day of the meeting held in a secluded, heavily guarded golf resort, Reuters reported.

    Related:

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    • Chilly body language on display at G-8
    • Coloring in the lines: Cameron, Obama paint with school children prior to summit

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    Where's a drone strike when you really need one?

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    Chilly body language on display as Presidents Obama and Putin meet at the G-8

    Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

    President Barack Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G-8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on June 17, 2013.

    NBC News reports

    President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Monday for the first time in more than a year, with the American leader hoping to persuade his counterpart to nudge the president of war-torn Syria to the negotiating table.

    Obama and Putin had a what was described as a "bilateral meeting" at the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland after Obama angered Moscow by authorizing American military help for rebels in Syria. Russia is the most powerful ally of Syrian leader Bashar Assad.

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    This image calls forth the classic question: "Who f arted?"

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  • 3
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    Coloring in the lines: Cameron, Obama paint with school children prior to G-8 summit

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    Students work on a school project about the G-8 summit during a visit by British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama at the Enniskillen Integrated Primary School on June 17.

    British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama paint with schoolchildren as they visit Enniskillen Integrated Primary School in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on Monday ahead of the official start of the G8 summit at the nearby Lough Erne resort.

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    Previously on PhotoBlog:  Obama's goofy inner child emerges during preschool visit 

     

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  • 4
    Jun
    2013
    12:56pm, EDT

    Remembering Tiananmen Square 24 years later

    Vincent Yu / AP

    Students hold candles in heavy rain as tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park on June 4, to mark the 24th anniversary of the June 4th Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing.

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    People are seen gathered at Victoria Park during a candlelight vigil held to mark the 24th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown at Tiananmen Square, in Hong Kong on June 4, 2013. More than 100,000 people were expected to attend the candlelight vigil in the former British colony which is the only place in China where the brutal military intervention that ended weeks of nationwide democracy protests in 1989 is openly commemorated.

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    Chinese tourists watch the customary ceremony of lowering flag at Tiananmen Square on June 3, in Beijing, China.

    Ng Han Guan / AP

    A portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong is displayed near security cameras on the eve of the 24th anniversary of the bloody military crackdown on protesters near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing Monday, June 3. Activists in China are taking to social media to urge the public to wear black on the 24th anniversary of the bloody military crackdown on protesters who had camped out for weeks on Tiananmen Square.

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    A Chinese paramilitary policeman guards after the customary ceremony of lowering flag at Tiananmen Square on June 3, 2013 in Beijing, China.

     

     

    From the Archives:  When the anonymous young man stepped in front of a column of government tanks rolling near the uprising in Tiananmen Square June 5, 1989, he stepped into history becoming the symbol of bravery, defiance and the pro-democracy movement.

    From AP- Hong Kong- Students hold candles in heavy rain as tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park on June 4th, to mark the 24th anniversary of the June 4th, 1989 Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

    View more images from the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square.

     

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    The event was a victory for China with the crushing of open rebellion by agitators coerced by outside force. The resultant unity and stability of the country has provided a favorable environment for economy and development which lead China to where she is now.

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  • 15
    May
    2013
    12:43pm, EDT

    Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli police on Nakba Day

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    A Palestinian sets fire to a tire during clashes between hundreds of Palestinians and Israeli soldiers outside the Ofer prison after a march marking the 65th Nakba day or "Day of Catastrophe" on May 15, in Betunia near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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    A mounted Israeli policeman tries to disperse Palestinian protesters waving their national flag during clashes as demonstrators gathered outside Damascus gate in Jerusalem on May 15, to mark the 65th Nakba or "Day of Catastrophe"

    Mohamad Torokman / Reuters

    A Palestinian protestor holds a Molotov cocktail and a lighter, ready to be used against Israeli security forces during clashes to mark Nakba Day near the West Bank city of Ramallah May 15. Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and at East Jerusalem on Wednesday during demonstrations to mark 65 years since what they call the Nakba (Catastrophe) when Israel's creation caused many to lose their homes and become refugees.

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    Palestinian protesters are stopped by Israeli soldiers during clashes after a rally marking Nakba Day in the Beit Omar village, north the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 15. Nakba Day is the annual day of commemoration of the displacement of Palestinians after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.

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    Clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces on Nakba Day, a day when Palestinians commemorate the loss of their homes in the 1948 war that resulted in the creation of Israel. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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    "A Palestinian protestor holds a Molotov cocktail and a lighter, ready to be used against Israeli security forces during clashes to mark Nakba Day near the West Bank city of Ramallah May 15" These go with the territory of followers of Islamic cult. When Muslims form than five percent in a place down …

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  • 1
    May
    2013
    11:17am, EDT

    May Day protests kick off worldwide

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    Filipino activists and workers burn an effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and US Uncle Sam during a protest rally marking International Labor Day outside the gate of Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, on May 1. Thousands of Filipino workers hold Labor Day protests in Manila calling on Philippines President Benigno Aquino III for an immediate wage hike due to increasing cost of living.

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    Protestors clash with Turkish riot police during the May Day rally in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkish police and protesters clashed in central Istanbul on May 1 after authorities moved to prohibit traditional Labour Day rallies at Taksim Square. Police used water cannons and tear gas against the demonstrators near Taksim Square. Witnesses reported clashes in several neighbourhoods in the area.

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    Masked policemen take cover behind shields during clashes at a May Day demonstration on May 1, in Istanbul.

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    Protestors chant slogans as they stand at the windows of the DISK ( Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey) building on May 1, in Istanbul. Several people were injured on Wednesday as Turkish riot police used water canon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who defied a May Day ban on demonstrations in a central part of Istanbul.

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    Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, is met with strong protests during her May Day speech on May 1 at Tangkroen in Aarhus, Denmark.

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    Demonstrators raise their fists during a demonstration on May 1. A strike stopped ferry services to the Greek islands and disrupted public transport in the capital Athens ahead of May Day protests Wednesday against Greece's prolonged economic austerity policies.

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    South Korean riot policemen spray tear gas at protesters during a rally marking 123th World Labor Day in Seoul, South Korea on May 1. The protesters attended the demonstration demanding an improvement of working conditions for temporary workers.

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    An elderly Russian Stalinist stands in front of a column of demonstrators with a portrait of Stalin during a traditional May Day communist demonstration, in Moscow, Russia. People from around the world are marking May 1 (May Day) as International Labour Day.

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    From Turkey to Bangladesh, people took to the streets for May Day, a day honoring workers. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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  • 18
    Apr
    2013
    3:48pm, EDT

    Bush senior rocks patriotic socks as he welcomes new Texans cheerleaders

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    Former President George H.W. Bush poses for a group photo with the newly-announced Houston Texans cheerleaders.

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    George H.W. Bush presents a rose to a new Texans cheerleader.

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    George H.W. Bush wears American flag socks at a ceremony introducing the 2013-2014 Texans cheerleaders.

    Former President George H.W. Bush welcomes new Houston Texans cheerleaders to the 2013-2014 squad during a ceremony at the team's NFL football training facility in Houston on Wednesday.

    Editor's Note: These photos were shot on April 17, but made available to NBC News today.

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    6 comments

    He's an old man. Perhaps by the time you are in your late 80's you will have directed the CIA, served as ambassador to China, VP and President. He used to parachute on his birthday. But of course you were undoubtedly aware of these things E. Reyes.

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  • 17
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    2013
    9:03pm, EDT

    Newtown shooting family members dejected after background check bill is defeated in the US Senate

    Carolyn Kaster / AP

    Mark Barden, whose son Daniel was killed in the Newtown mass shooting, talks about the Senate's voting down expanded background checks for gun sales during a White House event with President Barack Obama.

    Mark and Jackie Barden, who lost their son Daniel in the Newtown school shooting, and their children Natalie and James stand with Nicole Hockley, center, whose son Dylan was slain, and Jeremy Richman, rear, father of Avielle, as President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 17, 2013, about measures to reduce gun violence and a bill to expand background checks during gun purchases that was defeated in the Senate.

     

    NBC News reports:

    Despite an impassioned push by President Barack Obama and an emotional lobbying effort by the families of mass shooting victims, proponents of a compromise measure to expand gun background checks on Wednesday fell six votes short of passage in the Senate. The vote on the amendment was 54 to 46. Sixty votes were needed for the amendment to be adopted.

    "All in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington," Obama said sternly, urging backers of gun control to continue the fight.

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    Exactly MrChris. They cannot create legislation that will end violence.

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  • 9
    Apr
    2013
    9:09am, EDT

    'Isolated' Medvedev mans the office as protests dog Putin's European trip

    Dmitry Astakhov / Ria Novosti via Reuters

    Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stands in his office in Moscow on April 9, 2013, before an interview with a Russian television channel.

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    Three topless protesters, members of the women's rights group Femen, disrupt a visit between Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and German chancellor Angela Merkel at a trade fair in Hannover. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

    As Russian President Vladimir Putin continued a European trip marked by protest, his successor as Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was left looking rather wistful at his office back in Moscow Tuesday.

    Since Putin and Medvedev swapped jobs in May last year, the latter has found himself out of the limelight and has even found time to indulge his passion for photography.

    NPR's Moscow correspondent Corey Flintoff reported earlier this month that Medvedev appears increasingly isolated from the center of power and may have been the target of a campaign to wreck his reputation.

    Putin, who was confronted by topless protesters in Germany on Monday, faced further demonstrations in the Netherlands, where 1,000 gay rights activists waved pink and orange balloons and blasted out dance music to condemn Russia's treatment of homosexuals. 

    AFP - Getty Images, RIA Novosti via AP

    Russian President Vladimir Putin had a busy day Monday: (clockwise from top left) Sitting in a Volkswagen XL 1 Hybrid car in Hanover, Germany; laughing with German Chancellor Angela Merkel; arriving at Schiphol airport in The Netherlands; drinking a toast with Dutch Queen Beatrix at the Hermitage Museum in Amsterdam.

    Robin Utrecht / EPA

    Demonstrators participate in a protest near the National Maritime Museum, where Putin was having dinner, in Amsterdam on April 8, 2013. The protesters were denouncing a so-called 'homosexual propaganda ban' in Russia which was enacted in January.

    Previously on PhotoBlog: On holiday with Putin and Medvedev

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    When you don't give a rat's behind about anyone but yourself like he does, it's probably quite easy.

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  • 9
    Apr
    2013
    6:36am, EDT

    'The Witch is Dead': Thatcher not mourned by all as some Britons party

    David Moir / Reuters

    A man attends a gathering of people celebrating the death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, in George Square in Glasgow, Scotland on April 8, 2013.

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    Anti-Thatcher protesters gather at Trafalgar Square in London on April 8, 2013.

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    People cheer in front of a banner displaying the message 'The Witch is Dead' in Brixton, south London, on April 8, 2013.

    Controversial in life, Britain's ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher continued to divide a nation in death, with somber plans for a funeral and eulogies rejected by some in favor of celebrations and parties, Reuters reports. 

    Her radical, right-wing policies, credited by some with modernizing Britain, alienated many, who saw her as a destroyer of jobs and traditional industries.

    In Brixton, south London, a banner with the message "The Witch is Dead" was erected above a pub as a hastily convened party gathered pace. 

    "Thatcher herself, she represents so much of what people hate about what has happened to Britain in the last 20, 30 years," said 40-year-old graphic designer Ben Windsor.

    Police said there was "low level disorder" in Brixton, and six officers were hurt in Bristol after a street party there, ITV News reported.

    David Moir / Reuters

    Revelers spray champagne in George Square, Glasgow, on April 8, 2013.

    More than 200 people gathered in a city square in Glasgow, Scotland, where revelers sprayed champagne and danced as a bagpiper played. 

    "We are here because Thatcher's legacy is one of poverty and oppression and it is important that she is remembered for those reasons," Jonathon Shafi told Glasgow's Herald newspaper.

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    Members of the public dance to mark the death of Baroness Margaret Thatcher on April 8, 2013 in Glasgow.

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    A pint of milk is left outside the residence of Baroness Thatcher in Chester Square, London, on April 8, 2013.

    Back in London, a pint of milk was placed on the doorstep of Thatcher's home, a reference to her policy of scrapping free milk for primary school children while head of education in the 1970s, a move which earned her the moniker "Thatcher the milk snatcher."

    -- Reuters contributed to this report

    Slideshow: The life and times of Margaret Thatcher

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    A pioneer for her sex, Margaret Thatcher was prime minister of the United Kingdom for almost 12 years. Take a look back at her life and career.

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    As the first woman to serve as British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher shifted British policy to the right and became an influential and controversial figure among political leaders. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.

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    No - as a politician she did not leave it a better place. The policies she and her allies pursued have resulted in the world we have today which makes the cold war look like a civil disagreement.

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  • 3
    Apr
    2013
    11:35am, EDT

    Tensions mount along the DMZ as North Korea closes access to shared industrial complex

    Kim Hong-ji / Reuters

    A South Korean employee, top right, working at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), speaks to the media upon his arrival at South Korea's CIQ (Customs, Immigration and Quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul, April 3. North Korean authorities were not allowing any South Korean workers into a joint industrial park on Wednesday, South Korea's Unification Ministry and a Reuters witness said, adding to tensions between the two countries.

    Kim Hong-ji / Reuters

    A man uses his mobile phone in front of a specialty shop selling North Korean products, at South Korea's CIQ (Customs, Immigration and Quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul, on April 3. North Korean authorities were not allowing any South Korean workers into a joint industrial park on Wednesday, South Korea's Unification Ministry and a Reuters witness said, adding to tensions between the two countries.

    Jeon Heon-kyun / EPA

    South Korean soldiers patrol at the border with North Korea in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near Imjingak in Gyeonggi-do Province, South Korea, on April 2. North Korea said it plans to restart its five megawatt nuclear reactor that was shut down under an agreement reached at the six-party talks in 2007, a move that will allow the North to extract plutonium from spent fuel rods.

    Jeon Heon-kyun / EPA

    South Korea soldiers inside transit office at the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Gyeonggi province, South Korea, on April 3. North Korea on April 3 blocked South Korean employees from entering the industrial complex operated jointly by the two countries, only allowing workers to leave, a Seoul official said.

    Yonhap / EPA

    A US Air Force F-22 Raptor takes off at Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, South Korea, on April 3. The US military said it has deployed two F-22 Raptor stealth jets to South Korea as part of ongoing joint military exercises with South Korea. The deployment of the stealth jets marked the latest show of force against North Korea, which issues daily threats of war amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

    Lee Jin-man / AP

    A North Korean soldier looks at the southern side through a pair of binoculars at the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, on March 19. The United States is flying nuclear-capable B-52 bombers on training missions over South Korea to highlight Washington's commitment to defend an ally amid rising tensions with North Korea, Pentagon officials said.

    After threatening nuclear war, the North Korean government has now shut down the Kaesong industrial park, where 110 South Korean businesses operated in North Korean territory, which provided thousands of jobs for North Koreans. NBC's Richard Engel reports.

     

    By Alastair Jamieson and Andrea Mitchell, NBC News

    North Korea has banned South Korean workers from the jointly run Kaesong industrial zone in the latest escalation of the diplomatic crisis surrounding the rogue nuclear state.

    Seoul said about 800 South Koreans who had stayed overnight at the complex were being allowed to return home, but that new workers were not being allowed across the border.

    Kaesong, a major source of income for the impoverished, communist North, is home to 124 South Korean companies that employ 53,000 North Korean workers in a cross-border, heavily fortified joint enterprise. Permission is granted on a daily basis for South Korean workers to cross into the complex, situated in the North, the BBC reported. Continue reading.

     

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    Look at the difference in the gear the South soldiers are wearing vs the ones in the North.....They look like they are stuck in 1950. It is for to laugh.......

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  • 26
    Mar
    2013
    9:48am, EDT

    Same-sex marriage supporters gather outside US Supreme Court for hearings

    Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

    Anti-Proposition 8 protesters are shadowed by a rainbow banner in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, on March 26. America's top court takes up the delicate and divisive issue of gay marriage on Tuesday when the nine Supreme Court justices consider the legality of a California ballot initiative that limits marriage to opposite-sex couples.

    Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA

    Gay rights supporters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it waits to hear the marriage equality case referred to as Prop 8 in Washington DC, on March 26. The Supreme Court is to hear arguments in the cases of Hollingsworth vs Perry and US vs Windsor. The cases involve a California law known as Proposition 8 that bans same-sex marriages there, and a federal law, the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA), which keeps the US government from offering benefits to same-sex couples.

    Mark Wilson / Getty Images

    Married couple Mike McFarland, left, and Larry Baxley show their support for gay marriage during a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26, in Washington, DC. Today the high court is scheduled to hear arguments in California's proposition 8, the controversial ballot initiative that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

    Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

    A protester from Ohio carries a flag outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 26. America's top court takes up the delicate and divisive issue of gay marriage on Tuesday when the nine Supreme Court justices consider the legality of a California ballot initiative that limits marriage to opposite-sex couples.

    Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

    People line up to enter the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, March 26.

     By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News - The Supreme Court prepared Tuesday for a historic one-hour oral argument on marriage which could lead to any one of a wide array of possible decisions -- from essentially leaving in place the traditional marriage laws now on the books in most states to proclaiming same-sex marriage a fundamental right under the United States Constitution. Continue reading this article here.

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    • Same-sex marriage's big day in court: What's at stake?
    • Key dates in the fight for equality

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    A deviant behavior shouldn't be compared to the natural pairing of a man and a woman to make human existence possible.

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