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Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun flies out to right field in the first inning of play against the Miami Marlins in a baseball game in Miami, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Braun returned to the lineup following a flare-up of an oblique strain that put him on the disabled list earlier in the season. (AP Photo/Joe Skipper)
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Days after the legalization of gay marriage in Pennsylvania, LaQuana Myrick, left, and Stephanie Stewart of Harrisburg get married at Fort Hunter Park Mansion in Harrisburg, Pa., on Saturday, May 24, 2014. (AP Photo/PennLive.com, Dan Gleiter)
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FILE - This May 15, 2014 file photo shows Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will allow more veterans to obtain health care at private hospitals and clinics. Shinseki announced the change Saturday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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** FILE ** This May 15, 2014, file photo shows Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will allow more veterans to obtain health care at private hospitals and clinics. Shinseki announced the change Saturday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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This Dec. 8, 2010, photo shows Judge John E. Jones III in his Federal Courthouse office in Harrisburg, Pa. On May 20, 2014, Jones struck down a 1996 Pennsylvania law that was the Northeast's last ban on gay marriage. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Ed Hille) PHIX OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NEWARK OUT
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This July 22, 2008, photo shows Judge Bernard Friedman in his office during an interview with the Detroit Free Press at the U.S. courthouse in Detroit. In March 2014 Friedman struck down the gay-marriage ban approved by Michigan voters in 2004. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Susan Tusa)
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In this May 20, 2013 photo, Judge Michael McShane presides over a case at the Multnomah County Courthouse in Portland, Ore. McShane struck down Oregon's voter-approved 2004 ban on gay marriage on May 19, 2014. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd)
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FILE - In this March 22, 2014 file photo Elizabeth Gardiner, left, and Stephanie Citron kiss after being married in a hallway at the Oakland County Clerk in Pontiac, Mich. Judge Bernard Friedman struck down the gay-marriage ban approved by Michigan voters in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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FILE - In this May 20, 2014 file photo, newly engaged Jefferson Rougeau, left, and Steven Creps embrace on the steps of the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage was overturned by U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III on May 20. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - In this Jan 28, 2014 file photo, people protest during a rally for the opponents for gay marriage at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City. Opponents and supporters of gay marriage held twin rallies at the state Capitol. Judge Robert Shelby ruled in December 2013 that the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
