Social Issues

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** FILE ** Senate Minority leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, speaks to supporters Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 5, 2012 at the Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on "Right To Work" legislation. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Dale G. Young)

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An Egyptian protester carries a copy of Al Wafd newspaper front page that reads in Arabic, "the brotherhood's crime, no legitimacy for a governor who is against his people," during a protest against President Mohammed Morsi near the presidential palace in Cairo on Dec. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie walks to a meeting on Capitol Hill to talk about Superstorm Sandy recovery aid. On Thursday, he also vetoed legislation establishing a state-run health insurance exchange. (Associated Press)

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Union workers rally Dec. 6, 2012, outside the Capitol in Lansing, Mich., as Senate Republicans introduced right-to-work legislation in the waning days of the legislative session. The outnumbered Democrats pledged to resist the proposal and said rushing it through the legislative system would poison the state's political atmosphere. (Associated Press)

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Union workers hold up signs during a rally outside the Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, as Republican lawmakers introduced right-to-work legislation in the waning days of the legislative session. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Brazilian transgender model Felipa Tavares is photographed by fashion photographer Emerson Muniz during a Dec. 4, 2012, photo session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 6-foot-tall Tavares is among Brazil's small but growing ranks of transgender models — leggy, high-cheekboned sirens who were born men and are causing a splash here as well as in Paris and other international fashion capitals. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and immigration reform activist, listens June 28, 2011, as Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Education Secretary Arne Duncan testify at a hearing regarding immigration reform and the DREAM Act on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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