Marcavage had gotten into an argument with the woman about his views on evolution and the teachings of public universities in America during a hectic Wednesday afternoon outside the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C.

The scene was one of many colorful ones that erupted throughout the day as top officials rolled into town for the DNC and President Barack Obama’s scheduled Thursday night speech.

“You still didn’t answer my question. Did you evolve from a rock?” he continued to shout at the woman when she defended her support of public universities.

But her voice could barely be heard over the buzzing crowd around her.

About 50 infuriated bystanders responded to Marcavage’s pro-life, religious demonstration at the DNC, which angered many Democrats.

Also among the protesters was Ante Pavkovic, a street minister, who said he planned to show graphic pictures of fetuses to onlookers.

“It’s the (people) who look at the picture and it doesn’t seem to bother them that’s scary,” Pavkovic said. “That would mean they’re so far gone there’s no hope for them.”

William Robinson from Greensboro, N.C., found himself particularly upset by the demonstrations outside the convention center Wednesday.

Robinson was at the forefront of a protest against pro-life advocates at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

He said he was bothered by Marcavage’s comments, which referred to parts of the Bible in an incorrect way.

Dressed in a white button-up shirt, yellow bow tie and black slacks with an otherwise professional demeanor, Robinson let loose after he began talking to Marcavage.

“This young man, he keeps bringing up things about slavery and hanging black people and trying to get a rise out of me, and it’s not going to work,” Robinson said, through heavy breaths, his shirt soaked in sweat after the confrontation. “What I want him to understand is you can’t convert people, and you can’t sit out here and say you’re doing God’s work when he has a separate
agenda.”

The argument between Robinson and Marcavage lasted about a half hour.

Throughout the conversation, the surrounding crowd shouted pro-Obama chants.

George Washington University junior Sam Hudis, from New York City, said he enjoyed seeing the demonstration by Robinson and Marcavage.

“Where I’m from, these things happen on the street a lot actually; it’s just fun to watch,” he said. “It’s street theater.”