Social Issues

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** FILE ** Pope Francis celebrates a Mass with a chalice made from recycled wood from broken migrant boats, during his visit to the island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, July 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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** FILE ** Karen McCrocklin of Dallas carries a Texas flag with pink running shoes similar to those worn by state Sen. Wendy Davis during the previous week's filibuster during a pro-abortion rights rally at the state Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Monday, July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Statesman.com, Jay Janner)

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**FILE** An activist holds a sign that reads in Spanish "Let's stop obesity" during a protest in favor of vegetarian food in front of the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City on April 14, 2010. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Stevie Martin (left) and husband Arthur Martin cheer during a rally for gay marriage on June 26, 2013, on Independence Mall in Philadelphia. Despite the Supreme Court's decision, gay marriage bans still stand in Pennsylvania and roughly three dozen other states. Pennsylvania's constitution, however, does not ban gay marriage, as some other states' constitutions do. (Associated Press)