Hundreds of pro-choice demonstrators gathered at South Carolina Statehouse on Wednesday evening. With an arsenal of signs, they waived at traffic on Gervais at Main. Some motorists honked their horns — and a few revved their engines, a common response of disapproval. When the demonstrators moved to hear speakers at the steps of the building, they encountered three kneeling counter-protesters reciting hail marys,. “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners.”

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About the author: Sean Rayford is a South Carolina photojournalist. Rayford highly reccomends the film, Everybody Street, by Cheryl Dunn.