{"id":10915,"date":"2014-11-24T16:10:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T21:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/members-of-congress-call-for-increase-in-funding-to-protect-lgbt-rights-worldwide\/"},"modified":"2014-11-24T16:10:11","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T21:10:11","slug":"members-of-congress-call-for-increase-in-funding-to-protect-lgbt-rights-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/members-of-congress-call-for-increase-in-funding-to-protect-lgbt-rights-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Members of Congress Call for Increase in Funding to Protect LGBT Rights Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Members of Congress Call for Increase in Funding to Protect LGBT Rights Worldwide<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/\/files\/images\/blog\/congress_blog263.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>                        Led by Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. 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