Social Issues

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**FILE** People visit the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington on July 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

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"Today's report is further evidence that Congress should be focusing on creating jobs and helping the middle class, not re-fighting old battles for political gain." - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat

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Supporters of the Difah-e-Pakistan Council sit on the top of vehicles with party flags as they take part in a rally in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday. Prominent hard-line Islamists led thousands of people in a protest against Pakistan's decision to allow the U.S. and other NATO countries to resume shipping troop supplies through the country to Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann holds a postcard to help identify voters in need of a free state-government issued card on June 19, 2012. The card will be issued through his office in Jackson, Miss., at no charge. (Associated Press)

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Supporters of the Defense Council of Pakistan sit July 8, 2012, atop vehicles with party flags as they take part in a rally in Lahore, Pakistan. Prominent hardline Islamists led thousands of people in a protest against Pakistan's decision to allow the U.S. and other NATO countries to resume shipping troop supplies through the country to Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, said the possibility exists that Justice Department officials were aware of a memo from an ATF agent in Phoenix on Feb. 3 and still sent its erroneous denial letter Feb. 4. The latter was later disavowed. (Associated Press)

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"This is clearly a penalty that affects less than 1 percent of the American population. And it is a penalty you only pay as a matter of choice," said White House press secretary Jay Carney. (Associated Press)

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Thousands of youths demonstrate against homosexuality in Uganda's capital, Kampala, in January 2010. Ugandan Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo has accused some nongovernmental organizations of conspiring with foreign backers to recruit children into homosexuality. (Associated Press)