Social Issues

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Neb. Sen. Carol Blood of Bellevue speaks in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, April 6, 2017, during debate on a measure that would protect Nebraska workers from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Senators who support the bill argue it's a civil rights issue and an economic one. They say Nebraska needs to attract and retain young workers, who generally support diversity, while opponents say the measure threatens the religious freedom of business owners who will be forced to hire LGBT people. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Neb. Sen. Mike Hilgers of Lincoln speaks in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, April 6, 2017, during debate on a measure that would protect Nebraska workers from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Senators who support the bill argue it's a civil rights issue and an economic one. They say Nebraska needs to attract and retain young workers, who generally support diversity, while opponents say the measure threatens the religious freedom of business owners who will be forced to hire LGBT people. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Neb. Sen. Roy Baker of Lincoln applauds visiting students during a pause in debate in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, April 6, 2017, on a measure that would protect Nebraska workers from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Senators who support the bill argue it's a civil rights issue and an economic one. They say Nebraska needs to attract and retain young workers, who generally support diversity, while opponents say the measure threatens the religious freedom of business owners who will be forced to hire LGBT people. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Neb. Sen. Kate Bolz of Lincoln speaks in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, April 6, 2017, during debate on a measure that would protect Nebraska workers from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Senators who support the bill argue it's a civil rights issue and an economic one. They say Nebraska needs to attract and retain young workers, who generally support diversity, while opponents say the measure threatens the religious freedom of business owners who will be forced to hire LGBT people. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Neb. Sen. Adam Morfeld of Lincoln responds to a question from Sen. Joni Craighead of Omaha, foreground left, in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, April 6, 2017, during debate on a measure that would protect Nebraska workers from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Senators who support the bill argue it's a civil rights issue and an economic one. They say Nebraska needs to attract and retain young workers, who generally support diversity, while opponents say the measure threatens the religious freedom of business owners who will be forced to hire LGBT people. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Neb. Sen. Suzanne Geist of Lincoln speaks in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, April 6, 2017, during debate on a measure that would protect Nebraska workers from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Senators who support the bill argue it's a civil rights issue and an economic one. They say Nebraska needs to attract and retain young workers, who generally support diversity, while opponents say the measure threatens the religious freedom of business owners who will be forced to hire LGBT people. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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This Feb. 8, 2017, photo, Utah State Crime Lab Director Jay Henry holds a sexual assault evidence collection kit as he speaks during committee meeting at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City. Utah crime lab officials are feeling optimistic as they work to speed up the time it takes to process sexual assault evidence kits, after lawmakers approved a measure last month that sends more than $1 million to go toward this effort. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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This Feb. 8, 2017, photo, Utah State Crime Lab Director Jay Henry holds a sexual assault evidence collection kit following a committee meeting at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Utah crime lab officials are feeling optimistic as they work to speed up the time it takes to process sexual assault evidence kits, after lawmakers approved a measure last month that sends more than $1 million to go toward this effort. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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This Feb. 8, 2017, photo, sexual assault evidence collection kit are shown during committee meeting at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Utah crime lab officials are feeling optimistic as they work to speed up the time it takes to process sexual assault evidence kits, after lawmakers approved a measure last month that sends more than $1 million to go toward this effort. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Afghan refugee families line up outside the government registration office in Peshawar, Pakistan to receive papers to return to Afghanistan. (Muhammad Sajjad — Special to The Washington Times)

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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is flanked by advocates as she talks about opioid and heroin overdoses in New Mexico during a bill signing ceremony at a substance abuse treatment center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday, April 6, 2017. Among other things, the bill signed by Martinez requires all state and local law enforcement officers to be equipped with an overdose antidote kit. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez holds signed legislation that expands access to the overdose antidote naloxone during a ceremony at a substance abuse treatment center for youth in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday, April 6, 2017. With the signing, New Mexico becomes the first state to require all state and local law enforcement officers to be equipped with naloxone. The measure also requires treatment clinics to educate their patients and provide two doses of naloxone and a prescription for the overdose-reversal drug. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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In a press conference on the steps of the Orange County Courthouse, Florida Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala announces Thursday, March 16, 2017, that her office will no longer pursue the death penalty as a sentence in any case brought before the 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017 AT 1 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER-This 1997 photo provided by Jill Rovitzky Black shows Deven Black in the backyard of their home in Nyack, N.Y. The intellectually omnivorous, independent-minded eldest of four siblings, Black got into one of New York City’s powerhouse selective public high schools, ditched it as stifling, and threw himself into an alternative newspaper and political campaigns. When most of his peers were in college, he was a radio reporter on Cape Cod, doing stories that spotlighted the lives of the elderly and disabled. (Jill Rovitzky Black via AP)

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows death-row inmate Jason McGehee. A judge on Thursday, April 6, 2017, blocked the execution of McGehee, one of the eight inmates Arkansas was planning to put to death this month. The ruling came a day after the Arkansas Parole Board recommended Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson grant McGehee clemency. (Arkansas Department of Correction via AP, File)

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ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF APRIL 8-9 AND THEREAFTER - In a March 23, 2017 photo, a worker inspects a structurally deficient bridge March 23 on Route 18 in Holbrook, Pa., that is being reconstructed as part of the state's rapid bridge replacement program. (Mike Jones/Observer-Reporter via AP)

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Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, R-Overland Park, discusses tax issues during a caucus for GOP senators ahead of a debate over income tax legislation, Thursday, April 6, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawmakers are considering a proposal to raise new revenue to fix the state's budget problems with a "flat" personal income tax. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas state Sen. Randall Hardy, right, R-Salina, discusses tax issues during a caucus of GOP senators before a debate on a bill that would raise revenue to fix the state's budget problems with a "flat" personal income tax, Thursday, April 6, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Sitting to his left is Sen. Ed Berger, R-Hutchinson (AP Photo/John Hanna)