Social Issues

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In this June 26, 2016, file photo, a woman holds a rainbow flag during the NYC Pride Parade in New York. Young Americans overwhelmingly say they support LGBT rights when it comes to employment, health care and adoption. That’s according to a new GenForward survey, which finds 92 percent of young adults support HIV and AIDs prevention, 90 percent support equal employment, and 80 percent support LGBT adoption. Across ethnic groups, large majorities of Americans aged 18 to 30 favor training police on transgender issues, government support for LGBT youth organizations and insurance coverage for transgender health issues. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Sen. Susan Collins (Associated Press)

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Illustration on the "death tax" by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Russian state TV likened Michael Phelps' adoption of the Chinese practice of "cupping" to doping on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. (YouTube, Россия 24)

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The Court of the Judiciary on Monday denied Roy Moore's request to dismiss the complaint that he violated ethical standards for judges with a January memo to probate judges regarding same-sex marriage. (Associated Press)

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D.C. activist Robert White

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In this June 23, 2016, file photo, folice and Belgian Army soldiers patrol during a court hearing for suspect Mohamed Abrini, a suspect in the Paris and Brussels attacks, that were claimed by the Islamic State organization, at the Court of Appeals in Brussels. The threat of violence by people inspired by foreign extremists invokes fear in a majority of young Americans across racial groups. But for young people of color, particularly African-Americans, that fear is matched or surpassed by worries about violence from white extremists. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

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Syrian refugee boys await approval to enter Jordan at the Hadalat reception area on the Syrian-Jordanian border on May 4. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on the assault on American life by accusations of racism and sexism by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Leader of the official opposition Democratic Alliance Mmusi Maimane talks to the press at the election results center in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. Since South Africa's first all-race election in 1994, the African National Congress party has had widespread support on the strength of its successful fight against white-minority rule. But this is its worst-ever election showing after corruption scandals and a stagnant economy that has frustrated the urban middle class. "The tide in our country is turning," the leader of the leading opposition party says.(AP Photo/Herman Verwey)

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Gerald Cummings, a father who defended his teenage son against three bullies, was shot dead in Brooklyn Wednesday, police said. (New York Daily News)

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Activists lay on the road outside Nottingham Theatre Royal as they attempt toshut down part of the city centre tram and bus network in Nottingham, England Friday Aug. 5, 2016 to protest for social justice movement Black Lives Matter. Activists affiliated with the U.S.-based group Black Lives Matter have blocked a road leading to Heathrow Airport, and Nottinghamand city centre and in other British cities (Edward Smith/PA via AP)

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Greece is sending back some of the desperate refugees who have landed on its islands. (Associated Press)

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FLE - In this Aug. 14, 1935, file photo President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security bill in Washington. Americans are getting older, but not this old: Social Security records show that 6.5 million people in the U.S. have reached the ripe old age of 112. In reality, only few could possibly be alive. As of last fall, there were only 42 people known to be that old in the entire world. But Social Security does not have death records for millions of people with birth dates stretching back as far as 1869, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general. The first old-age monthly benefit check was paid in 1940, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt had signed the Social Security Act in 1935. (AP Photo, File)

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Obama Lying About Statistical Data Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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FILE - In this July 22, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the White House complex in Washington. After a slow start, it appears increasingly likely that the Obama administration will hit its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States before the end of September. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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FILE- In this April 25, 2016 file photo, Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla. answers a question in a debate for the U.S. Senate in Orlando, Fla. Democratic leaders want Rep. Alan Grayson to go away. His ex-wife says he's abusive. Yet the liberal lawmaker is pressing ahead with his U.S. Senate bid, and could upend the party's hopes that moderate Rep. Patrick Murphy emerges as the nominee against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)