Social Issues

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Warrior Princess A U.S. Navy SEAL's Journey to Coming out Transgender, by Kristin Beck (formerly Chris Beck). (source: Amazon Books)

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"The Election Assistance Commission is an obsolete agency that has long outlived its purpose. The existence of the EAC is not necessary to conduct federal elections and is an unnecessary expenditure of taxpayer funds."

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**FILE** With the new bully buster tool called uTip, students can quickly, conveniently and discretely text their school about bullying. Select officials receive the tips in seconds via text message or email. (PRNewsFoto/e2Campus)

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President Obama, accompanied by (from left) Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki. speaks during the White House mental health conference on June 3, 2013, in the East Room of the White House. The conference was organized as part of President Obama's response to last year's shooting massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. (Associated Press)

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Illinois Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, pauses to regain his composure as the gallery erupts in protest after he announced he wouldn’t call the gay marriage bill on the House floor at the Illinois State Capitol Friday, May 31, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/The State Journal-Register, Ted Schurter)

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Bryce Harper is likely headed to the disabled list with bursitis in his left knee. (Associated Press photo)

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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 22 granted Nathan Dunlap a "temporary reprieve," putting off indefinitely his execution on death row for the 1993 shooting deaths of four employees at an Aurora, Colo., restaurant. (Associated Press)

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Democratic state Sens. Ricardo Lara (left) and Kevin de Leon converse during a Senate session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. By a 27-9 vote the Senate approved Mr. Lara's bill that would use California's tax policy in an attempt to pressure the Boys Scouts of America into fully accepting gay members. The bill, SB323, gets rid of a tax exemption for sales and use taxes, as well as corporate taxes, for youth groups that discriminate. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)