Social Issues

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Dwight Bowman is national vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees. (American Federation of Government Employees)

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One day before Election Day, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) acknowledges a person in the crowd as he joins Marylanders for Marriage Equality Coalition at a rally in support of Question 6, at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine is welcomed to the stage by Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) at a campaign rally at the Heritage Farm Museum at Claude Moore Park, Sterling, Va., Monday, November 5, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, left, is welcomed to the stage by Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), second from right, and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), right, at a campaign rally at the Heritage Farm Museum at Claude Moore Park, Sterling, Va., Monday, November 5, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, left, is welcomed to the stage by Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), second from right, and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), right, at a campaign rally at the Heritage Farm Museum at Claude Moore Park, Sterling, Va., Monday, November 5, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, center, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), second from right, and Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), right, greet supporters after speaking at a campaign rally at the Heritage Farm Museum at Claude Moore Park, Sterling, Va., Monday, November 5, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Syrians who fled from the violence in their village walk Nov. 4, 2012, between the tents at a camp for the displaced in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. (Associated Press)

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Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed (right), who married his live-in partner, Qiyaammudeen Jantjies, in South Africa, where gay marriage is recognized, is interviewed in Sevran, France, outside Paris, on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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A representative of the Salvation Army walks past homes destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in Breezy Point, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood heavy populated by firefighters and police officers was devastated during the storm when a fire pushed by Sandy's raging winds destroyed 100 or more homes and buildings. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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A representative of the Salvation Army walks past homes destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in Breezy Point, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood heavy populated by firefighters and police officers was devastated during the storm when a fire pushed by Sandy's raging winds destroyed 100 or more homes and buildings. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Ultranationalist demonstrators and activists march carrying the Russian Empire's black, yellow and white flag to mark National Unity Day, on the outskirts of Moscow on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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A coalition of Catholic groups is calling on a D.C. nonprofit to return its $50,000 grant to the Catholic Church because the group linked to a pamphlet called "Hey Grrl!" that it says instructs young girls on how to get away with prostitution, truancy, car sex, and illegal drug possession.

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Journalists march in central Athens during a protest, Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012. The banner reads "Don't Ax Human Dignity". Greece's two main labor unions covering civil servants and the private sector have called a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures due to be voted on next week. The strike call came as the finance minister submitted an amended 2013 budget that raised the country's debt and deficit forecasts for next year. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

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In this Sept. 28, 2012 file photo, private hospital nurse Paraskevi Petropoulou holds up her unpaid electricity and income tax bills during a protest outside the Health Ministry in central Athens. Petropoulou said that she has not been paid for more than five months, because the government owes money to private hospitals who in turn are unable to pay their employees. To the casual visitor, all might appear well in Athens, but scratch the surface and you find a society in freefall, ripped apart by the most vicious financial crisis the country has seen in half a century. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

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Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, right, speaks with Greece's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras during a vote on a privatization bill at the Greek parliament in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Greek lawmakers are to vote Wednesday on a privatization bill that will be the first major test for the country's troubled governing coalition, while journalists have walked off the job at the start of rolling 24-hour strikes to protest austerity plans that will affect their healthcare funds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)