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Attendees, seattle sturges and constant mcmillan. two young women, seep kblors high school who live 250 miles apart but share one thing in common they both stood up and fought for gay students in this conservative state. >> sierra's story was like the inspiration, when i heard her story, it inspired me for myself. >> reporter: what sierra did was fight to wear a tuxedo in her yearbook portrait, she didn't succeed but the story had an impact on constance. she fought for the right to take her girlfriend to had i high school prom, despite the school's ban on same-sex dates. >> we with just starte...

Community who is saying it is okay for gays to marry, sew took on a lot of water there and i think, you know, in certain ways with, he is still taking it on. conservatives i talked to, me shake their heads and say why is ted olson doing this? and his answer to me is he is doing it because it is a constitutional issue, a civil rights case, as david boys just said, and that it violates the equal protection clause if two people are not allowed to marry. >> gloria borger, gloria, always, appreciate it. >> sure, campbell. and stay tuned to cnn for all the latest on the california case. also, don'...

>> reporter: it was facile dated in part, by the mississippi safe schools coalition, a group of mostly high school and college students dedicated to reaching out to gay kids and making schools in mississippi safer for them to attend. >> y'all are going to find out quick this is full-time work. >> reporter: the group stepped up outreach this year, their second year, after winning a $100,000 grant from the queer youth fund, to work on gay issues in mississippi. >> mississippi was the only state to receive a negative grade. >> reporter: the national gay rights group glisten deemed mississippi to ...