Protesters against discrimination rally at the Kansas Statehouse against House Bill 2453.

photo by: Nick Krug

Abbey Geiss, Topeka, dons a rainbow stocking hat while talking with her friend and fellow protestor Hannah Pooler, Topeka, right, during a demonstration on the south side of the Kansas Statehouse in protest to House bill 2453, a measure approved by the House that would have allowed people to cite religious beliefs in denying services to same-sex couples. The demonstration, which drew several hundred members was organized by the Topeka non-profit group Planting Peace. Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo

photo by: Nick Krug

Julie McCarter, right, wraps her arms around her friend, Shauna Kelly, who is in a same-sex relationship, prior to a demonstration on the south side of the Kansas Statehouse in protest to House bill 2453, a measure approved by the House that would have allowed people to cite religious beliefs in denying services to same-sex couples. The demonstration, which drew several hundred members was organized by the Topeka non-profit group Planting Peace.

photo by: Nick Krug

Carol Abrahamson, Lawrence holds a sign in protest to House bill 2453, a measure approved by the House that would have allowed people to cite religious beliefs in denying services to same-sex couples, during a demonstration on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014 outside the Kansas Statehouse. The demonstration, which drew several hundred members was organized by the Topeka non-profit group Planting Peace.

photo by: Nick Krug

Protesters young and old form two separate lines leading up the steps of the Kansas Statehouse as a show of the divisions created through discrimination in protest to House bill 2453, a measure approved by the House that would have allowed people to cite religious beliefs in denying services to same-sex couples. The demonstration, which drew several hundred members was organized by the Topeka non-profit group Planting Peace.

photo by: Nick Krug

Protesters form two separate lines as a show of the divisions that discrimination creates during a demonstration on the south side of the Kansas Statehouse in protest to House bill 2453, a measure approved by the House that would have allowed people to cite religious beliefs in denying services to same-sex couples. The demonstration, which drew several hundred members was organized by the Topeka non-profit group Planting Peace.

photo by: Nick Krug

Megan Rogers with Planting Peace, works to organize a photo depicting the divisions created through discrimination during a demonstration on the south side of the Kansas Statehouse in protest to House bill 2453, a measure approved by the House that would have allowed people to cite religious beliefs in denying services to same-sex couples. The demonstration, which drew several hundred members was organized by the Topeka non-profit group Planting Peace.

photo by: Nick Krug

Demonstrators gather on the south steps of the Kansas Statehouse for a group photo by organizers in protest to House bill 2453, a measure approved by the House that would have allowed people to cite religious beliefs in denying services to same-sex couples. The demonstration, which drew several hundred members was organized by the Topeka non-profit group Planting Peace.

photo by: Nick Krug

Demonstrators cheers as Colin MacMillan, a videographer films the separated lines leading up the steps of the Kansas Statehouse as a show of the divisions created by discrimination, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014 in protest to House bill 2453, a measure approved by the House that would have allowed people to cite religious beliefs in denying services to same-sex couples. The demonstration, which drew several hundred members was organized by the Topeka non-profit group Planting Peace.

photo by: Nick Krug

Lelia Hayden, Topeka, holds a sign promoting equality as she and other demonstrators gather on the south steps of the Kansas Statehouse for a group photo by organizers in protest to House bill 2453, a measure approved by the House that would have allowed people to cite religious beliefs in denying services to same-sex couples. The demonstration, which drew several hundred members was organized by the Topeka non-profit group Planting Peace.