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Will Phillips: ''The Storm Is Coming'' [video]

Elementary school activist for marriage equality has a message for NOM: ''My generation will be the change you fear most in the world.''

Arkansas elementary school student Will Phillips, who made headlines in 2009 when he refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance in class because the nation doesn’t recognize LGBT people as equal, speaks to the Sunday, Aug. 15, “The Big Commit” rally for marriage equality in D.C.

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