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- Utah tries to block gay couples from marrying after historic court ruling
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- State lawmaker: Arizona is a “desert racist wasteland”
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- Texas law forces hospital to keep pregnant woman on life support against her family’s wishes
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- “Free speech” hypocrites: Dixie Chicks, “Duck Dynasty” and America’s pointless shell arguments
- Federal judge refuses Utah’s request to block marriage equality ruling
