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They tried to prevent unemployment compensation for the jobless, but they lost.
They tried to keep stores closed on the Sabbath, but they lost.
They banned alcohol during Prohibition, but they eventually lost.
They tried to sustain racial segregation, but they lost.
They supported government-mandated prayer in school, but they lost.
They tried to continue throwing gays in prison, but they lost.
They tried to defeat Medicare and Medicaid, but they lost.
They tried to halt the sexual revolution, but they lost.
They opposed food stamps for the poor, but they lost.
They fought against equal human rights laws, but they lost.
They tried to censor sexy magazines, books and movies, but they lost.
They sought to jail girls and doctors who end pregnancies, but they lost.
They tried to block liquor clubs and lotteries, but they lost.
They tried to prevent expansion of health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, but they lost.
They tried to halt same-sex marriage, but they lost.
They sought to ban sex education and the teaching of evolution, but they lost.
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