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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2017 12:01 PDT AND THEREAFTER. In this Monday, July 17, 2017 photo, Laurie Lee Hall poses in Salt Lake City. The former LDS stake president, who oversaw a group of Mormon congregations in Tooele for eight years and worked as an architect on her faith's most sacred spaces, faced, in her mind, an impossible choice: Either return to living as a man or resign her membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Giving up her female identity would cause grave damage to her physical and mental health, Hall says. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2017 12:01 PDT AND THEREAFTER. In this Monday, July 17, 2017 photo, Laurie Lee Hall gestures while speaking in Salt Lake City. The former LDS stake president, who oversaw a group of Mormon congregations in Tooele for eight years and worked as an architect on her faith's most sacred spaces, faced, in her mind, an impossible choice: Either return to living as a man or resign her membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Giving up her female identity would cause grave damage to her physical and mental health, Hall says. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2005 file photo, defrocked priest Paul Shanley, a figure in the sex scandal that rocked the Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese, stands prior to the reading of a verdict in his trial at Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge, Mass. Shanley was convicted of raping and fondling a boy at his Roman Catholic church during the 1980s and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Shanley is due to be released Friday, July 28, 2017. (Mark Garfinkel/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool, File)
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A Palestinian living in Lebanon chants slogans as she holds a placard with Arabic read ing, "turn toward Palestine," during a sit-in in support of Palestinians and the Jerusalem holy site of Al Aqsa Mosque, in front of the United Nations Headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) throws a pass during NFL football training camp in Metairie, La., Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hand with Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani during a meeting at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Global Vision Faith Center members Lisa Taylor, left, of Crystal Springs, and Sheila Zehr, offer a prayer for Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, prior to his speaking at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, July 27, 2017. The two women pray with each speaker as part of their ministry. Known as "Mississippi's Giant Houseparty," the fair is an annual gathering where hundreds of extended families live in brightly painted cabins for more than a week and among the featured events are two days of political speaking. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A team of workers from the youth group at Asbury United Methodist Church work on scraping the side of a garage on Milwaukee's north side so it can be painted, on June 27, 2017. Other mission work in the city included scraping and painting the trim of a nearby house and landscaping. (Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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In this June 27, 2017 photo, Emily Hansen works on a ladder and is spotted by Nicole Sponseller at a work site during a weeklong mission trip from the youth group from Asbury United Methodist Church in Madison in Milwaukee. The youth group spent a week scraping, painting, climbing ladders. (Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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This June 27, 2017 photo shows a team of workers from the youth group Asbury United Methodist Church play football with local children in Milwaukee. A week-long mission trip to Milwaukee for the youth group at Asbury United Methodist Church in Madison wasn't just about scraping, painting and weeding. The trip also allowed for interaction with children from the neighborhood. (Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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Carolina Panthers' Christian McCaffrey (22) runs with the ball during practice at training camp at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., Wednesday, July 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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A supporter of LGBT rights holds up an "equality flag" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, during an event held by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass. in support of transgender members of the, in response to President Donald Trump's declaration that he wants transgender people barred from serving in the U.S. military "in any capacity," citing "tremendous medical costs and disruption." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Protesters listen to speakers at a demonstration against a proposed ban of transgendered people in the military in the Castro District, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in San Francisco. Demonstrators flocked to a plaza named for San Francisco gay-rights icon Harvey Milk to protest President Donald Trump’s abrupt ban on transgender troops in the military. (AP Photo/Olga R. Rodriguez)
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A transgender woman, who identified herself only as Layla, addresses protesters in the Castro District, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in San Francisco. Demonstrators flocked to a plaza named for San Francisco gay-rights icon Harvey Milk to protest President Donald Trump’s abrupt ban on transgender troops in the military. (AP Photo/Olga R. Rodriguez)
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Miami Marlins' Christian Yelich connects for a solo home run as Texas Rangers catcher Jonathan Lucroy reaches out to the pitch in the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Protesters listen to speakers at a demonstration against a proposed ban of transgendered people in the military in the Castro District, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in San Francisco. Demonstrators flocked to a plaza named for San Francisco gay-rights icon Harvey Milk to protest President Donald Trumps abrupt ban on transgender troops in the military. (AP Photo/Olga R. Rodriguez)
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FILE - In this June 7, 2017 file photo, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. President Donald Trump will Brownback as ambassador at large for international religious freedom. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)
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Vanessa Sheridan, a transgender Air Force veteran, talks during an Associated Press interview Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Chicago. She says she is disappointed in President Donald Trump's announcement barring transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military. Sheridan is director of transgender relations & community engagement at Center on Halsted, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community center in Chicago. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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FILE - In this June 7, 2017 file photo, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. President Donald Trump will Brownback as ambassador at large for international religious freedom. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)
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FILE - In this May 19, 2017 file photo, Brooke Covington, a member of the Word of Faith Fellowship church in Spindale, N.C., leaves a hearing at Rutherford County Courthouse accompanied by an attorney, Joshua Valentine, in Rutherfordton, N.C. Covington and other church members are accused of kidnapping and assaulting Matthew Fenner, a former church member, because he is gay. Covington, 58, has pleaded innocent to one count each of kidnapping and assault. If convicted, she faces up to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
