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12-Year-Old Boy Has Incredible Showdown With 11,000 Homophobes
“At first I thought the child was only playing,” says photographer and journalist Manuel Rodriquez, who captured the exact moment a 12-year-old boy leapt in front of a crowd of 11,000 people protesting the proposed same-sex marriage law in Mexico.
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Talking to Regeneración, Rodriquez explains that when he asked the anonymous boy what he was doing, the child responded, “I have an uncle who is gay. And I hate that people hate.”
A proposal by President Enrique Pena Nieto’s would finally introduce same-sex marriage to the country.
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The demonstration was organized by the (unfortunately named) National Front for the Family, an organization that’s against same-sex marriage. They’ve also collected 10,000 signatures of people against the proposal.
The surreal scene took place in the streets of Celaya.
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