Social Issues

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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, said she and her husband disagree on the issue of gay marriage and adoption. She’s in favor of both. (Associated Press)

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White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Alan Krueger, right, accompanied by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, speaks to the media about middle class tax cuts and spending, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, followed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., leaves the White House the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, to speak to the media after meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), Kentucky Republican, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (left), California Democrat, and House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, gestures as he speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, following their meeting with President Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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In this Dec. 16, 2011 file photo, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's push for a Republican version of immigration legislation could be the answer to GOP election-year prayers. The telegenic son of Cuban exiles and potential vice presidential pick is putting together a bill that would allow young illegal immigrants to study and work in the United States but still deny them citizenship. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., center, takes a question on the controversial Arizona immigration law that will be argued in the Supreme Court tomorrow, at a news conference following a Republican strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Republican Policy Committee chair listens at left, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy greet Hispanic activists at Houston’s Rice Hotel on Nov. 21, 1963. Historians say Kennedy’s appearance at the event was probably the first time a U.S. president officially acknowledged Hispanics as an important voting bloc. (Associated Press)

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Pakistani security officials check the site of a bomb blast as the minority Muslim Shiite sect observed the annual Ashoura holiday in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Kashif Naveed)

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Bobby Williams (left), store manager of the Capital Plaza Mall Walmart in Hyattsville, Md., speaks Nov. 23, 2012, with Rev. Dr. Edwin Jones Sr. of the Living Faith Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., telling the reverend that no Walmart workers will be retaliated against for protesting against the company. Mr. Williams came out to meet with the Walmart workers and community activists who joined forces to demonstrate outside the Walmart. The workers have been protesting low wages, reductions in hours, changes in schedules and firings. Mr. Williams asked the demonstrators to vacate the premises. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A long line of Walmart workers and community activists march in protest outside the Walmart in Capital Plaza Mall in Hyattsville, Md., on Nov. 23, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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Chris Hicks (left) of Jobs With Justice and Yvette Bryant of the Florida Avenue Baptist Church Social Justice Ministry raise their hands in solidarity with Walmart workers on Nov. 23, 2012, during a demonstration outside the Walmart in Capital Plaza Mall in Hyattsville, Md. The workers have been protesting low wages, reductions in hours, changes in schedules and firings. There has been some concern that Walmart will retaliate against employees who speak out or strike. This protest was one of about 1,000 nationwide. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Police officers detain Sergei Udaltsov outside the Kremlin-loyal NTV television station in Moscow in March. Russian opposition and human rights groups on Monday urged Western consumer products giants to stop “financing politically motivated persecution” by advertising on NTV, which has a reputation for biased coverage of government critics and demonstrations against President Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, left, serves a hot Thanksgiving meal to Larissa Huhn, age 12, at Salvation Army headquarters, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. Military volunteers from the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division, which General Anderson commands, cooked 3000 hot turkey dinners which were then donated to The Salvation Army. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Baltimore free safety Ed Reed was suspended one game by the NFL for illegal hits, but his punishment was changed to a $50,000 fine. (Associated Press)

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Hats and scarves are just some of the donated items that the Audas family from Bethesda, Md. has collected as part of "Project Keep Them Cozy," a project started by the two Audas children, Abbi, 12, and Andrew, 9, as a way to help Hurricane Sandy victims. The family plans to drive all of the donated items up to New Jersey, where they will spend Thanksgiving volunteering to help those families who lost everything in the storm. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)