Social Issues

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Brigitte Van Nice, deputy clerk of court of Grundy County, Iowa, was arrested and charged with two counts of forgery and one count of perjury, all felonies, for filing false documents to obtain a marriage certificate for a same-sex couple from Florida who tried to take advantage of Iowa’s gay marriage law without traveling to the state. (AP Photo/Grundy County Jail)

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The Washington Monument is barricaded with police tape in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Anti-crime programs in the District are heavy on government bureaucracy and short on human interaction, according to a new coalition of neighborhood leaders who see mentoring and directly intervening with troubled teens and young people as more effective. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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In a photo from Oct. 16, 2012, Oakland University women's basketball coach Beckie Francis looks over her team's practice in Rochester, Mich. Francis tells The Associated Press she was sexually assaulted by her dad, who is now deceased, from the age of 4 until she was in the seventh grade. The 47-year-old coach has decided to speak out against the problem in part because of the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Mayor Michael Nutter's purchases are scanned by a cashier at a ShopRite grocery story Monday, April 23, 2012, in Philadelphia. Nutter pledged Monday to live on the average food stamp benefit of five dollars a day for the entire week. The challenge takes place the week before the planned asset test for food stamps goes into effect in Pennsylvania, which critics say will disqualify thousands of low-income families from food assistance. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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A sign lets people know where to line up for early voting at the Hamilton County Board of Elections in Cincinnati. Tough new election laws aimed at forcing voters in many states to show photo identification at polling places have been blocked or delayed, pleasing opponents who contend the laws were among a variety of partisan attempts to prevent minority voters from casting ballots this election season. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Syrian refugees children flash victory signs Oct. 2, 2012, as they stand in front of their tents at a refugee camp in Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border. This Lebanese border town has become a safe haven for war-weary Syrian rebels, a way station for wounded fighters and home to hundreds of frightened Syrian refugee families. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama listens as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaks during the second presidential debate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Alexis Wright, 29, a Zumba instructor, is facing 109 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. Some men are facing charges of engaging in prostitution. (Associated Press)

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Richard Lee Norris, shown in September of 2012 after reconstructive surgery. (Photo/University of Maryland Medical System)

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Trays of printed Social Security checks in Philadelphia wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury in 2005. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Kelly Buckland (left), of the National Council on Independent Living, at a Monday hearing at D.C. city hall, discusses the Accessible Parking Amendment Act of 2012, which would designate 1,800 parking spaces with red-top meters for the disabled. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)