Social Issues

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** FILE ** Gay rights advocate Vin Testa waves a rainbow flag at dawn in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, June 26, 2013. In two separate and significant victories for gay rights, the high court struck down a provision of the Defense of Marriage Act denying federal benefits to married gay couples and cleared the way for the resumption of same-sex marriage in California. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** The FBI is recently pulled its "Faces of Global Terrorism" ad campaign over racism concerns. (KOMO News)

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**FILE** People wait under a tree after they were detained by Border Patrol agents on June 25, 2013, at a field in Edinburg, Texas. Agents took into custody 69 people suspected of entering the country illegally. (Associated Press/The Monitor)

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Gay rights supporters 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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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)