Social Issues

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In this photo taken on Nov. 10, 2012, Muslims distribute items to refugees at Sin Thet Maw relief camp in Pauktaw township, Rakhine state, western Myanmar. Myanmar’s government has launched a major operation aimed at verifying the citizenship of Muslims in western Rakhine state, the coastal territory that has been torn apart by Buddhist-Muslim violence since June. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

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A ruling by Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler could allow couples to get marriage licenses weeks in advance of the Jan. 1 effective date of the state’s new same-sex marriage law. (Associated Press)

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Illustration Pro-Life by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in recognition of World AIDS Day. She released “The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,” an ambitious blueprint to create an AIDS-free generation. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Florence Ngobeni-Allen, ambassador for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, during a ceremony in recognition of World AIDS Day, where she released The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Blueprint for Creating an AIDS- Free Generation. At right US Global AIDS Coordinator Eric P. Goosby. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (second from right) whispers to Rep. Chris Van Hollen (right) as Rep. Steny Hoyer, House minority whip, speaks at a press conference in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, to announce the House Democratic leadership for the 113th Congress. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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FILE - - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, Brian Downing, who allegedly sexually assaulted a passed out LSU football fan, is escorted by detectives for booking at the New Orleans Police Department headquarters in New Orleans. Downing got a dressing-down and two years in prison for rubbing his genitals on an unconscious LSU fan in a Bourbon Street burger restaurant after the BCS national title game in January. A video of the incident went viral. On Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 State District Judge Karen Herman told Downing of Smiths Station, Ala., that he’s a bully who has permanently damaged someone else’s life. Downing declined to say anything before the judge sentenced him as part of a plea deal. He pleaded guilty in October to two counts of obscenity. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (left) and House Speaker John A. Boehner, gestures as he speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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With the presidential seal in the background, President Obama pauses in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, where he spoke about how middle-class Americans would see their taxes go up if Congress fails to act to extend tax cuts. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)