Social Issues

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** FILE ** J. Russell George is the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration. (Associated Press)

Vice President Joseph R. Biden pats President Obama on the chest Thursday while he speaks at a reception in the East Room of the White House to celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Marco Rubio, a major voice in immigration reform, says he would reject any bill that extends rights to same-sex partners. “This is already a difficult enough issue as it is,” he says. (Associated Press)

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New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, who is on the disabled list after fracturing his left ankle last October, rubs it as he stands beside Yankees trainer Steve Donohue during the seventh inning of an interleague baseball game against the New York Mets at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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** FILE ** Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a ceremonial signing of a water fund bill on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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President Obama gestures during remarks on immigration reform in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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David Kallam, attorney for the school district being sued by the Maines family and the Maine Human Rights Commision, speaks before the Maine Supreme Court at the Penobscot Judicial Center, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Bangor, Maine. The lawsuit accuses the school district of breaking a state law in 2007 when it stopped letting the transgender student Nicole Maines use the girls bathroom and required to her use a staff bathroom after a student's grandfather complained. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, pool)

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**FILE** An undocumented migrant, who refused to identify himself, clings to the border as he checks on the U.S. Border Patrol from the Mexico side of the United States-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 5, 2006. (Associated Press) (Treesaver cover)

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Kurt Cobain of the rock band Nirvana committed suicide on April 5, 1994. (Associated Press)

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Saudi Arabian women. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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**FILE** Boy Scouts line up on June 2, 2013, before marching in the Utah Gay Pride Parade in Salt Lake City. Members of Scouts for Equality marched in the parade a week after a vote by Boy Scouts of America to allow openly gay youth to participate in scouting. Scouts for Equality is made up of Scouting alumni advocating to end the BSA's ban on gay members and leaders. (Associated Press)