Social Issues

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Extreme far-right Golden Dawn party lawmaker Ilias Panagiotaros speaks Oct. 26, 2012, at his shop in central Athens, explaining his party's policies and rejects accusations that it has been involved in racist attacks in Greece. (Associated Press)

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Greek riot police officers, right, push the last remaining protesters off the street, following an anti-austerity rally in front of the Parliament in central Athens, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters converged on the Greek capital's main square outside the Parliament on Sunday evening, as lawmakers debated the 2013 budget, which includes pension and salary cuts demanded by the country's international creditors in order for them to approve the next vital batch of rescue loans. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Graffiti in Bujanovac, Serbia, announces the impoverished town’s name. Poor people in the Balkans, mostly Gypsies, have traveled to Western Europe in a steady stream since EU countries started allowing them visa-free entry three years ago. About 99 percent of asylum requests from Balkan citizens are rejected, but asylum seekers receive generous benefits while their applications are under review. (Associated Press)

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A woman and child in Bujanovac pass by a tourist agency’s advertisement for travel to Western destinations. Asylum seekers in Western Europe have increased tenfold since 2009, when visa-free travel from the Balkans was approved. Many EU officials consider the asylum requests a form of fraud in which the asylum seekers travel to an EU country, knowing their request will be denied, in order to receive benefits while there. (Associated Press)

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An elderly and disabled Syrian man who fled from the violence in his village prays Nov. 10, 2012, in front of his tent at a displaced persons camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border. (Associated Press)

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This undated image provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Kerry Trotter, suspected of raping a mentally disabled woman on Nov. 7, 2012, on a public transit bus in Culver City, Calif. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

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Sadio Balde (left), vice president of the Moroccan Council for Sub-Saharan migrants, joins dozens of Moroccan and foreign activists in a protest Nov. 9, 2012, outside a court in Rabat, Morocco, where Council president Laye Camara is being tried for illegally selling alcohol and cigarettes. Colleagues of Camara say the charges are trumped-up and are part of a widespread crackdown on legal and illegal black African migrants to this North African kingdom that lies just across the narrow Straits of Gibraltar from Europe. (Associated Press)

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Tim Kaine (D) arrives to a cheering audience at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott after winning the Virginia election for U.S. Senate, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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John Wallmeyer, of Ashland, Va., listens as Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen concedes the senate race to former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine during his election night party event at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Supporters of Question 6, which would grant same-sex marriage rights to residents of Maryland, grab a drink and wait for results at a watch party at Baltimore Soundstage, in Baltimore, MD., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The bill which grants same-sex couples the right to marry has a good chance of passing, which would make Maryland the first state to approve same-sex marriage. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)