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Four Los Angeles police officers were recorded beating an unarmed black man. A few hours after the video was released, protests turned to violence in Los Angeles, California. These riots grew into the most destructive U.S. civil disturbance of the 20th century.
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An Act To grant family and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances. It's important because it requires that employers hire employees for up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for good reasons including the birth of their child.
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President Clinton signs the Defense of Marriage Act, which is a federal law that denies recognition of same-sex marriages and authorizes states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages licensed in other states.
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Same-sex marriage is now legally recognized in Massachusetts as a result of the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health. It was ruled that it was unconstitutional under the Massachusetts Constitution to allow only opposite-sex couples to marry.
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Nancy Pelosi, the first woman Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, presented the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History with historic objects. This event is the first major effort to document women in American politics.
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California is the second state to legalize same-sex marriage. California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as result of the Supreme Court of California ruling in In re-marriage cases. The ruling was that they found that keeping same-sex couples from marrying violated the state's Constitution.
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It is a proposed US labor law that would add protections to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Fair Labor Standards Act as part of an effort to address the gender pay gap in the United States. It's important because it is helping to secure equal pay for equal work for all Americans.
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