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Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Judge strikes down Prop. 8, allows gay marriage in California [Updated] — A federal judge in San Francisco decided today that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry, striking down Proposition 8, the voter approved ballot measure that banned same-sex unions.
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Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:
Judge Hands Victory to Proposition 8 Opponents, Gay-Marriage Ban Overturned — U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled on Wednesday that the California's Proposition 8 ballot initiative denying marriage rights to same-sex couples was unconstitutional, in a case that will almost certainly go all the way to the Supreme Court.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Fed Judge Finds Calif. Prop. 8 Unconstitutional — A federal lawsuit was filed in May 2009 challenging Proposition 8, the California referendum which amended the state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Prop. 8 previously was upheld by the California Supreme Court.
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Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban — SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge overturned California's same-sex marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America.
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New York Times:
Court Rejects Same-Sex Marriage Ban in California — SAN FRANCISCO — Saying that it unfairly targets gay men and women, a federal judge in San Francisco struck down California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday, handing supporters of such unions a temporary victory …
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
OVERTURNED: Judge Rules California Prop. 8 Unconstitutional
OVERTURNED: Judge Rules California Prop. 8 Unconstitutional
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CNN:
Judge rules Prop 8 is unconstitutional
Judge rules Prop 8 is unconstitutional
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Prop. 8 Overturned: The Facts, Not the Law, Matter
Prop. 8 Overturned: The Facts, Not the Law, Matter
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Howard Mintz / Mercury News:
Prop. 8 supporters seek stay of federal judge's ruling before it's released
Prop. 8 supporters seek stay of federal judge's ruling before it's released
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Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
Prop 8 Decision Day FAQ
Prop 8 Decision Day FAQ
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Rachel Slajda / TPMMuckraker:
Prop 8 Ruled Unconstitutional
Prop 8 Ruled Unconstitutional
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Tony Messenger / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Prop C passes overwhelmingly — ST. LOUIS • Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a federal mandate to purchase health insurance, rebuking President Barack Obama's administration and giving Republicans their first political victory in a national campaign to overturn …
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Missouri Votes Against Health Law
Missouri Votes Against Health Law
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Democrats' craven silence on Ground Zero mosque continues — Steve Benen, Matthew Yglesias, and Kevin Drum all have posts up blasting Republicans for their unwillingness to step forward and condemn bigoted criticism of plans to build an Islamic center near Ground Zero.
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Anthony Weiner / New York Times:
Why I Was Angry — LAST week I got angry on the floor of the House. In this age of cable and YouTube, millions of people evidently saw the one-minute-plus clip. But there has been relatively little focus on why the substantive debate that sparked it matters.
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Christopher N. Osher / Denver Post:
Bike agenda spins cities toward U.N. control, Maes warns — Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is warning voters that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's policies, particularly his efforts to boost bike riding, are “converting Denver into a United Nations community.”
CNN:
CNN Poll: Quarter doubt Obama was born in U.S. — President Obama's birth certificate (left) has been certified authentic by the Republican governor of Hawaii. His birth announcement (right) appeared in print in 1961. (PHOTO CREDIT: State of Hawaii) — Washington (CNN) …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
41% of GOP: Obama foreign-born
41% of GOP: Obama foreign-born
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Conservatives4Palin.com:
EXPLOSIVE: New Video of Couric Mocking Palin on the Day She was Named as McCain's Running Mate! ; UPDATED — The following video was sent to C4P's tips account. — As you can see, the video shows Katie Couric preparing to go on the air on the day John McCain announced Governor Palin as his running mate.
Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Angle: “What's happening (in America)..is a violation of the 1st Commandment,” entitlements “make government our God.” — That's what Sharron Angle, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, said in an April 21 interview with TruNews Christian Radio's Rick Wiles.
Christopher Hitchens / Vanity Fair:
JOINING THE RESISTANCE? — I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death. But nothing prepared me for the early morning last June when I came to consciousness feeling as if I were actually shackled to my own corpse. The whole cave of my chest and thorax seemed to have been hollowed …
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National Review:
Not at Ground Zero — The story of the proposed mosque at the site of the World Trade Center has been thoroughly misrepresented, as have the parties behind the project. They present themselves as ambassadors of moderate Islam. Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement …
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Russell Simmons / The Huffington Post:
Ground Zero Mosque: Are We Digging a Hole in the Soul of America?
Ground Zero Mosque: Are We Digging a Hole in the Soul of America?
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Times of India:
Anti-US ‘tirade’ upsets Obama man — Mohammed Wajihuddin, TNN, Aug 4, 2010, 04.17am IST — MUMBAI: Rashad Hussain, the Barack Obama administration's Muslim face, was in for a shock on Tuesday when the head of a city-based Muslim institution slammed the US' policies, not just in the Middle East, but towards Muslims everywhere.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Crazy Muslim conspiracy theories
Paul Krugman:
What Reagan Didn't Do — Via Ezra Klein, I see that the latest thing on the right is to compare the economic recovery from the 1981-2 recession with our current state and claim that it proves the superiority of conservative economic policies. — This shows why I can't maintain the pretense …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images — For the last few years, federal agencies have defended body scanning by insisting that all images will be discarded as soon as they're viewed. The Transportation Security Administration claimed last summer, for instance, that “scanned images cannot be stored or recorded.”
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Cubachi:
Updated. Must Watch: The Broken Window Fallacy — This brilliant video is a simple illustration on the fallacy of claiming that calamities stir economic growth. Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize - winning economist, says the attacks of 9/11 and World War II brought great economic benefits to the nation.
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Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
U.S. To Train 3,000 Offshore IT Workers — $22 million, federally-backed program aims to help outsourcers in South Asia become more fluent in areas like Java programming—and the English language. — Despite President Obama's pledge to retain more hi-tech jobs in the U.S. …
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aolnews.com:
Opinion: Don't Sue Us, Help Us ‘Plug the Hole’ in the Border — It was with harsh words that the Obama administration condemned BP for its responsibility in the gulf oil spill, which thankfully has been stemmed for now. The president's subsequent demand for a moratorium on offshore oil drilling showed …
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Ynetnews:
IDF: Journalists were tipped off — Presence of cameramen, journalists at site of deadly clash proves it was planned ambush, IDF says — Journalists and photographers were briefed in advance of the intention to ambush IDF troops and were therefore present at the site of Tuesday's deadly …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Keyes Hits Graham For Politicizing The 14th Amendment: This ‘Is Not Something That One Should Play With Lightly’ — In recent days, several leading Republicans have launched a movement to review or revoke parts of the 14th amendment, which guarantees birthright citizenship.
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