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Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store in Lakewood, Colo., on March 10, 2014. Phillips, who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, argued that his religious beliefs should protect him from sanctions against his business. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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This 2014 photo provided by The Satanic Temple shows a bronze Baphomet, which depicts Satan as a goat-headed figure surrounded by two children. (The Satanic Temple via AP) ** FILE **
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National Edition Opinion cover for July 6, 2015 - Destroying religious freedom to save it (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)
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National Edition News cover for July 5, 2015 - Religious nonprofits not losing faith after latest failed Obamacare birth control mandate appeal: Demonstrators outside the Supreme Court on the day of the Hobby Lobby decision relieving businesses with religious objections of their obligation to pay for women's contraceptives. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**
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President Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, addresses the 184th Annual General Conference of the LDS in Salt Lake City on April 6, 2014. The Mormon leader died Friday, July 3, 2015, at age 90. Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said Packer died at his home in Salt Lake City from natural causes. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Protesters against a measure requiring California schoolchildren to get vaccinated rally at the Capitol in Sacramento on April 8. (Associated Press)
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Angelica Saldivar, with her 3-week-old son, Andrew, was among the protesters of California legislation requiring childhood vaccinations. (Associated Press)
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Under Islamic State rule, religious minorities like the Yazidis are treated like second-class citizens, cannot openly practice their religion, are sometimes forced to pay fines, and often face attacks on their places of worship, death or sexual slavery. (Associated Press)
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Investigators sift through ashes and charred debris inside the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal church, Wednesday. The African-American church, which was burned down by the Ku Klux Klan in 1995, caught fire Tuesday night, but authorities said arson is not the cause. (Associated Press)
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Bishop Gene Robinson addresses the congregation at Christ Church in Philadelphia, Sunday, May 1, 2005. Robinson, now retired and divorced from his husband, said he is breathless about how quickly the gay rights movement has progressed since he was getting daily death threats and forced to wear a bulletproof vest to his consecration 12 years ago. Episcopalians are set to vote Wednesday, July 1, 2015, on allowing religious weddings for same-sex couples, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. (AP Photo/Coke Whitworth, File)
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Smoke rises from Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal church near Greeleyville, S.C., which caught fire Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Firefighters are trying to extinguish the blaze at the prominent black church. (Veasey Conway/The Morning News via AP)
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Illustration on the imposition of Common Core on U.S. schools by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the shifting meaning of marriage in modern society by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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The Ten Commandments monument is pictured at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Oklahoma’s Supreme Court says the monument must be removed because it indirectly benefits the Jewish and Christian faiths in violation of the state constitution. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the world and gives families a chance to see, taste and smell what life was like in the 18th century.
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Image credit: This is a picture of a mixed media collage, titled “Afrika,” created by Rachel Dolezal while she attended Belhaven College at the same time as the author.
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This image released by PBS shows transgender 9-year-old Lia, formerly Liam, in a scene from "Growing Up Trans," from the "Frontline" series airing Tuesday on PBS. “Growing Up Trans” explores the transgender phenomenon as younger people than ever and their parents are now experiencing it. (Frontline/PBS via AP)
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This image released by PBS shows transgender teen Ariel, formerly Ian, in a scene from "Growing Up Trans" from the "Frontline" series airing on PBS on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. “Growing Up Trans” explores the transgender phenomenon as younger people than ever and their parents are now experiencing it. (Frontline/PBS via AP)
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An administrative judge with the New York State Division of Human Rights ordered a Christian farm family that refused to host a gay wedding to pay $3,000 to Melisa Erwin (right) and Jennifer McCarthy for "mental pain and suffering," in addition to $10,000 for violating the state's human rights ordinance. (Associated Press/File)
