The Equality Ride page has a sponsor link that lists bio info and pics for all the feisty riders on this year’s quest to engage in reasonable discourse with conservative college campuses across the country.

And dang, are they sweet. Click on a cutie-pie and make with the skrilla, dilla. These kids are not just talkin’ the talk, but they are walkin’ the walk … or in their cases, bussin’ the bus.

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