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In Majority-Black D.C., Gay Marriage Votes Speaks Volumes

Dec. 16, 2009
The District of Columbia became the latest U.S. jurisdiction to approve same-sex marriage on Tuesday. The expected — and strongly contested vote — won the approval of the city council in a vote, 11 to 2. Michael Crawford, who leads the same-sex marriage advocacy group DC for...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch