Social Issues

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** FILE ** In this June 5, 2012, file photo, gay marriage supporter Bob Sodervick holds a flag outside the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. (Associated Press)

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The San Antonio Spurs began the Western Conference finals with two straight wins, but they've lost three consecutive to the Oklahoma City Thunder and are on the brink of elimination. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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**FILE** Having labeled it "Debt on Arrival," Republican Sens. Jeff Sessions (left) of Alabama, the Senate Budget Committee's ranking member, and John Barrasso of Wyoming react to President Obama's fiscal 2013 federal budget on Feb. 13, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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Television satellite trucks set up June 4, 2012, outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., in preparation for the start of the child sexual abuse trial of former Penn State college football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray arrives to offer remarks Monday on the city's participation in Secure Communities, a federal program aimed at deporting criminal illegal aliens. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Thomas Matson, resident engineer with the Michael Baker Corp., walks along phase one of the New York Avenue Bridge project. The reconstruction has not proved to be the traffic nightmare that skeptics predicted. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Phase one of the New York Avenue Bridge project is nearing completion. Heavy train traffic under the bridge has limited the time workers are given to safely do reconstruction near the tracks. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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District Department of Transportation Program Manager Ali Shakeri works on phase one of the New York Avenue Bridge reconstruction, which was begun in April 2011 and is expected to be completed in late Septermber. Officials hope to finish the entire $40 million project by 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Gregory Williams, 48, left, surfs the internet as Fashad Tyler [cq], Program Coordinator for the D.C Housing Authority, right, assists Mary Wardrett [cq], 69, second from right, as she and other seniors living at Garfield Terrace in Northwest participate in a pilot course with an organization called Connected Living along with the D.C. Housing Authority to help teach older men and women basic computer skills and help navigate the internet, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Connected Living has 300 similar sites over 14 other states helping seniors in assisted living, independent living, memory care, and affordable housing. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Anna Schiferl has resorted to texting her mother, Joanna, even when they're in the same house. Statistics from the Pew Internet & American Life Project indicate that the younger people are, the more likely they are to prefer texting. (Associated Press)

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Richard Dawson (foreground) hosts the TV game show "Family Feud" in May 1978 as the casts of ABC comedy series "Eight Is Enough," "The Love Boat," "Soap" and "Three's Company" compete to benefit charity. (Associated Press)

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Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves from a vehicle to cheering Karen refugees as she tours Mae La refugee camp in Tha Song Yang district, Tak province, northern Thailand, Saturday, June 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)