Social Issues

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Phillip Dunham (left) of Washington and his partner, Allen Pittinger, who have been together for nine years, embrace after arriving at D.C. Superior Court in Washington to obtain a marriage license on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, the day gay marriage became legal in the District of Columbia. "Exciting, overjoyed — I think 'phenomenal' is the word," Mr. Pittinger said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Illustration: Reagan tax reform by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times.

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** FILE ** Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, a Republican, filed the lawsuit to strike down the federal health-care law in defense of a new state law that prohibits the government from forcing state residents to buy health insurance. (The Washington Times)

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Washington Wizards owner Irene Pollin, left, and minority owner Ted Leonsis pose for photographers after winning the NBA draft lottery, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in Secaucus, N.J. The Wizards moved up from the No. 5 spot to earn the top pick in next month's draft, when it will likely choose between Kentucky freshman John Wall and national player of the year Evan Turner of Ohio State. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

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Middle school students in Hacienda Heights, Calif., learn Chinese language and culture as part of the Confucius Classroom grant program. The middle-class town, about 16 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, has a history of racial tensions between longtime residents and relatively recent Chinese newcomers. (Associated Press)

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Who says the tea-party movement is divisive and limited to far-right-leaning activists? A new "tea" shirt from manufacturer Authentic GOP challenges that claim.

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Indian President Pratibha Patil (second left) puts her signature after being enumerated for the national census, at the presidential palace in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 1, 2010. India kicked off the national census of its billion-plus population with a 2.5 million strong army of census-takers fanning out across the country to conduct what has been billed the world's largest administrative exercise. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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President Barack Obama points to the crowd before signing the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria Tuesday, March 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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In this file photo, a rally participant holds up a pocket-sized copy of the U.S. Constitution during an anti-health-care-reform rally by The American Grassroots Coalition and The Tea Party Express on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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The ban on MSM (men who have have sex with men) donations was established because in the early stages of the AIDS epidemic, during the 1980s, a major share of cases involved transmission by blood transfusion. Now such cases are rare — less than 1 percent of all new HIV infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Associated Press)

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Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin

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In 1998, voters in the District approved the Medical Use of Marijuana Initiative. Last month, President Obama signed the D.C. appropriations bill that removed prohibitions. Advocates anticipate D.C. officials will follow the lead of states such as California and enact the 1998 measure into law. (The Washington Times)

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Demonstrators for and against same-sex marriage protest during a rally in front of a federal courthouse in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. The first federal trial to determine if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage gets under way in San Francisco on Monday, and the two gay couples on whose behalf the case was brought will be among the first witnesses. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)