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In recent years, Dent County attracted national attention on two occasions: first, in 2012-13, concerning accusations of abuse of a dog impounded by the city of Salem;<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130614040847/http://www.thesalemnewsonline.com/news/local_news/article_820cbebe-bcad-11e2-b5da-001a4bcf6878.html</ref> and again in July 2015, when the county commissioners voted unanimously to lower all flags to half staff on the 26th of every month for a year, to protest the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]'s imposing of gay marriage on the country, though they later reversed this decision.<ref>https://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/missouri-county-to-fly-flags-at-half-mast-to-mourn-supreme-courts-despicable-marriage-ruling/</ref>

In recent years, Dent County attracted national attention on two occasions: first, in 2012-13, concerning accusations of abuse of a dog impounded by the city of Salem;<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130614040847/http://www.thesalemnewsonline.com/news/local_news/article_820cbebe-bcad-11e2-b5da-001a4bcf6878.html</ref> and again in July 2015, when the county commissioners voted unanimously to lower all flags to half staff on the 26th of every month for a year, to protest the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]'s imposing of gay marriage on the country, though they later reversed this decision.<ref>https://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/missouri-county-to-fly-flags-at-half-mast-to-mourn-supreme-courts-despicable-marriage-ruling/</ref>

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