State and local officials joined hundreds of people outside the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center in Hollywood on Sunday morning to kick off a national grass-roots campaign demanding equal Social Security benefits for same-sex couples.The rally and march event--dubbed Rock for Equality--was put together by the center and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in coalition with the Aids Community Action Foundation
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