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**FILE** Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store in Lakewood, Colo., on March 10, 2014. Colorado's Civil Rights Commission in March upheld a judge's ruling that Phillips cannot refuse to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples, despite Phillips' cited religious opposition to same sex marriage. The panel says doing so violates state laws prohibiting businesses from discriminating against gay people. (Associated Press)
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Deputy Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson leaves the White House in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2014, after being named by President Barack Obama to run the Veterans Affairs Department on an interim basis while Obama searches for a replacement for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki who resigned Friday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr speaks with reporters after addressing the Mackinac Policy Conference on Friday, May 30, 2014 on Mackinac Island, Mich. Orr said city retirees and workers considering a deal to cut their pensions risk much steeper reductions if they make a "protest vote" over a restructuring plan to help Detroit out of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
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New York City Councilman Corey Johnson, left, and U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, right, applaud during a press conference outside The Stonewall Inn to announce a national initiative for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans on Friday May 30, 2014 in New York. Jewel said the National Park Service will begin marking places of significance for LGBT Americans to mark their contributions to state and U.S. history. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, speaks during a press conference outside The Stonewall Inn announcing a national initiative for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans on Friday May 30, 2014 in New York. Jewel said the National Park Service will begin marking places of significance for LGBT Americans to mark their contributions to state and U.S. history. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, right, and New York City Councilman Corey Johnson, center, shake hands during a press conference outside The Stonewall Inn to announce a national initiative for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans on Friday May 30, 2014 in New York. Jewel said the National Park Service will begin marking places of significance for LGBT Americans to mark their contributions to state and U.S. history. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, center, speaks during a press conference outside The Stonewall inn announcing a national initiative for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans on Friday May 30, 2014 in New York. Jewel said the National Park Service will begin marking places of significance for LGBT Americans to mark their contributions to state and U.S. history. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this May 29, 2014 photo, Denee Mallon, center, joins a candlelight vigil organized by Albuquerque Pride in Albuquerque, N.M. A U.S. Department of Health and Services review board ruled Friday, May 30, in favor of Mallon, a 74-year-old Army veteran, whose request to have Medicare pay for her genital reconstruction was denied two years ago. The decision recognizes sex reassignment surgeries as a medically necessary and effective treatment for individuals who do not identify with their biological sex. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)
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In this May 29, 2014 photo, Denee Mallon, center, participates in a candlelight vigil organized by Albuquerque Pride in Albuquerque, N.M. A U.S. Department of Health and Services review board ruled Friday, May 30, in favor of Mallon, a 74-year-old Army veteran, whose request to have Medicare pay for her genital reconstruction was denied two years ago. The decision recognizes sex reassignment surgeries as a medically necessary and effective treatment for individuals who do not identify with their biological sex. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)
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**FILE** U.S. Air Force veteran Betty Roberts of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., sits in the Women Veterans Health Clinic waiting room on Nov. 13, 2009, in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, W. Va. (Associated Press)
