Biden honors 20 people including Mass. civil rights attorney and Malden philanthropist with Presidential Citizens Medal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Bonauto, a prominent gay rights advocate and senior director of civil rights and legal strategies for Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, was the lead counsel in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, which made Massachusetts the first state to legally recognize same-sex marriage.
54% : Several are prominent advocates who over long careers worked to advance gay rights, women's rights, desegregation and cancer research.
48% : She also argued before the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 case which established the right to same-sex marriage nationwide.
47% : The selection of Cheney, R-Wyo., whose vocal opposition to Donald Trump cost her her political career, was a continuation of his push for bipartisanship and decency in politics at a time when Cheney's own party has turned against her.

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