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Photos: Tea Party Rally and Counter-Protest at Boston Common

Sunday, April 15th 2012

By ALI DONOHUE | April 17, 2012

As the Mass Tea Party Coalition rallied at Boston Common on Sunday, April 15th, a group of approximately 60 activists held a counter-protest. The counter-protest called attention to the Tea Party's anti-gay sentiments, specifically protesting the afternoon's appearances by Scott Lively and Brian Camenker. Rick Santorum was originally scheduled to speak, but did not. Three protesters were arrested.

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