Social Issues

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A man in custody is walked down Shelton Street by different law enforcement agency officers on their way to booking the suspects Tuesday Sept. 24, 2013, in Santa Ana, Calif. More than 120 people linked to street gangs that claim allegiance to the Mexican Mafia have been indicted on various racketeering, weapons and narcotics charges. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Bruce Chambers)

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** FILE ** United States Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to address a high-level meeting on the Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and Other Internationally Agreed Development Goals for Persons with Disabilities, as part of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Monday Sept. 23, 2013, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Justin Lane, Pool)

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**FILE** Invited guests are seen posing for photographs in the East Room of the White House during a reception to celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Pride month in Washington on June 13, 2013. The Obama administration has held a Pride reception at the White House for each of the previous four years President Obama has been in office. Attendees are typically made up of leaders from the LGBT community, including lawmakers, activists and celebrities and this marks the fifth such celebration at the White House. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a high-level meeting on the Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and Other Internationally Agreed Development Goals for Persons with Disabilities, as part of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Justin Lane, Pool)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, returns to his office after speaking on the Senate floor on Capitol Hill on Sept. 24, 2013. (Associated Press)

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In this photo provided by Queer Nation NY, anti-Putin protestors demonstrate in front of the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center in New York, where the Met held its season-opening gala featuring soprano Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev, two longtime supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin, who has upheld anti-gay laws passed by the Russian legislature, has denied that homosexuals face discrimination in Russia and said the law does not infringe on their rights. (Associated Press/Scott Wooledge, Queer Nation NY)