Assignment #3, Molina Acosta

University of Maryland students conglomerate on McKeldin Mall in an impromptu counter protest against four demonstrators from the Key of David Christian Center on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. The group ridicules people it consider "sinners" and taunted students throughout the afternoon, who gathered to shout them down.

Two female students kiss in protest, then turn to stick up their middle fingers at the Key of David Christian Center demonstrators, who preach marriage is for men and women only on McKeldin Mall Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. After one demonstrator called a student a "whore," they were among a group of women who tore off their shirts to a cheering crowd.

Two male students leap into each others arms and kiss enthusiastically to a roaring crowed in front of McKeldin Library  Tuesday, Sept.17, 2019. The Key of David Christian Center demonstrators taunted LGBT students and lectured against homosexuality.

A Key of David Christian Center demonstrator brandishes a bible as he lectures University of Maryland students on the subjugation of women on McKeldin Mall, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Throughout the afternoon, the four demonstrators taunted women, LGBT people and Muslims, brandishing bright neon yellow signs with slogans like "Jesus or Hellfire" and "Feminists support pedophilia."

University of Maryland Sophomore Jenna Holt laughs at student-made signs that begin to pop up in the crowd, like one that reads "God is a Gay Woman," on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Holt proudly displays a dry erase board that reads"Yes I'm a Dyke," which she wrote after one of the demonstrators used the slur against her, she said.

University of Maryland Police Department's Sgt. Roseanne Hoaas looks on at the crowd that gathered at the foot of McKeldin library on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. UMPD responded to the scene, eventually putting up police tape to keep counter protestors away from the demonstrators and maintain order. No arrests were made, police said.