Social Issues

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People celebrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 26, 2013, after the court struck down a federal provision denying benefits to legally married gay couples. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Michael Knaapen (left) and his husband John Becker embrace outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 26, 2013, after the court struck down a federal provision denying benefits to legally married gay couples. (Associated Press)

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Supporters of gay marriage embrace outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 26, 2013, after the court cleared the way for same-sex marriage in California by holding that defenders of California's gay marriage ban did not have the right to appeal lower court rulings striking down the ban. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this June 26, 2013, file photo, Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, Fort Worth Democrat, stands in pink tennis shoes on a nearly empty Senate floor as she filibusters in an effort to kill an abortion bill in Austin. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Mark R. Warner, Virginia Democrat, is one of the lead sponsors of the proposed Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act.

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"We're working on this, we can still do it. We have to make sure everyone's going to give a little," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Tuesday afternoon of progress on the immigration bill.

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More than 600 women's rights protesters, many wearing Planned Parenthood T-shirts with the words “Stand With Texas Woman,” gather at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, June 23, 2013, as House Democrats began a series of parliamentary maneuvers to stop the Republican majority from passing some of the toughest abortion restrictions in the country. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman/Statesman.com, Ricardo B. Brazziell)

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** FILE ** With her face reflected in a mirror, Coy Mathis, left, a transgender girl, plays with her sister, Auri, 2, center, at their home in Fountain, Colo., on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Tyson Gay, center, leads Isiah Young, left, and Wallace Spearmon, right, during the senior men's 200-meter dash finals at the U.S. Championships athletics meet on Sunday, June 23, 2013, in Des Moines, Iowa. Gay won the race. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)