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FILE - Visitors walk along the boardwalk in downtown Myrtle Beach, S.C., in this March 7, 2012 file photo. The U.S. Census Bureau announced on Thursday, March 27, 2014 that South Carolina's population is approaching 4.8 million and the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach area in South Carolina along with Brunswick County, N.C. is the seventh fastest-growing metropolitan area in the nation. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, file).
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This Oct. 8, 2013, photo provided by Thomas Hafke shows Hafke, left, and his husband Chad Higby, while cruising on the Potomac River on their wedding day in Washington. Hafke, 30, went online in December and bought a family plan for his husband and himself from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. But the Chapel Hill-based company then canceled family coverage it sold to about 20 same-sex couples through the marketplace because of contract phrasing that defined "spouse" as "opposite sex." Blue Cross and Blue Shield reversed course in January, saying it would offer the coverage to same-sex married couples and domestic partners. (AP Photo/Thomas Hafke)
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In this March 23, 2014 photo, Carl Bechdel, left, and his husband Dan Miller, pose for a photograph at their home in Harrisburg, Pa. It took two months of near daily phone calls and emails to an insurer for Bechdel and Miller to get family coverage under the federal health law. The couple was initially told their application was not processed because Pennsylvania doesn't recognize their marriage. Gay couples are finding that access to such family plans is not guaranteed, as the Obama administration seeks belatedly to ensure equitable coverage is available for same-sex spouses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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In this March 23, 2014 photo, Carl Bechdel, left, and his husband Dan Miller, pose for a photograph at their home in Harrisburg, Pa. It took two months of near daily phone calls and emails to an insurer for Bechdel and Miller to get family coverage under the federal health law. The couple was initially told their application was not processed because Pennsylvania doesn't recognize their marriage. Gay couples are finding that access to such family plans is not guaranteed, as the Obama administration seeks belatedly to ensure equitable coverage is available for same-sex spouses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Vice President Joe Biden gestures toward the crowd as he leaves the stage after speaking at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's 2014 Legislative Summit in Washington, Thursday, March 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
