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One could scarcely see past all the crowns, roses, shamrocks, halos, piles of gold, angel wings, laurel leaves, roaring lions—the list went on and on.

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Supporters of marriage equality should refrain from resting on their laurels and mobilize to resist MAGA’s ongoing campaign to take away another right from the American people.

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Michelle O'Neill attended the event and laid a laurel wreath at the Cenotaph at Belfast City Hall in her role as first minister for the second year in a row.

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“They can’t sit on their laurels and say, ‘well surely the Latinos are coming back because the economy is bad and immigration enforcement is bad,’” Jones said.

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The split acknowledged the genre’s recent commercial dominance and immersion in pop, while trying to preserve laurels for its more classic sounds.

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