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LaunchIndianapolis mayor: Repeal law, protect LGBT community from discrimination
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LaunchGeorge Stephanopoulos challenges Indiana’s Mike Pence: Isn’t your new law really about enabling discrimination?
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The measure codifies hatred under the smoke screen of freedom and jeopardizes all that has been recently accomplished,… It legalizes discrimination against LGBT individuals and
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I want to dedicate this award for my fellow Mexicans, the ones who live in Mexico. I pray that we can find and build a
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Selma is now… The struggle for justice is now. The Voting Rights Act that they fought for fifty years ago is being compromised right now
LaunchPatricia Arquette ends acceptance speech with call for wage equality
To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time
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