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LIers among those advocating for gay rights in D.C.

It wasn't the first time Patty Ellis has marched past the White House and the Capitol building, advocating for gay causes and chanting, "What do we want? Equal rights! When do we want it? Now!"

The difference Sunday was, Ellis said, "there was more emphasis on the 'Now!' "

Ellis, of Huntington, traveled to Washington with her partner, Rebecca Tilet, to join a crowd of tens of thousands...

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