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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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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 …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Prop. 8 Overturned: The Facts, Not the Law, Matter — Here's what you need to know about Judge Vaughn Walker's decision invalidating California's Proposition 8, a referendum passed by voters that banned same-sex marriage. The decision itself will be appealed, and Walker's reasoning …
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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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John / Power Line:
Today's Proposition 8 Decision — Conservatives have long said that the day would come when liberal judges declare the Constitution unconstitutional. That happened today, when a gay federal judge in San Francisco, relying on the opinions of mostly-gay “expert” witnesses …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
David Boaz / Cato @ Liberty:
Reagan-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban — Chuck Donovan of the Heritage Foundation denounces Judge Vaughn Walker for “extreme judicial activism” and “judicial tyranny” in striking down California's Proposition 8, which barred gay people from marrying.
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National Review, The Foundry, CNN and Will Wilkinson
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.
Logan Penza / The Moderate Voice:
Only A Temporary Victory For Gay Marriage
Only A Temporary Victory For Gay Marriage
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The Volokh Conspiracy and The Atlantic Online
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Open thread: Federal judge's ruling on Proposition 8 coming soon …
Open thread: Federal judge's ruling on Proposition 8 coming soon …
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GayPatriot, L.A. NOW, Instapundit, ACS Blog and Los Angeles Times
Associated Press:
Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban
Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban
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Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban
Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban
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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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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.”
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority — WASHINGTON — Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege.
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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Google, Verizon Said to Strike Deal on Web Traffic Rules
Google, Verizon Said to Strike Deal on Web Traffic Rules
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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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Brendan Nyhan and The Moderate Voice
Richard Allen Greene / Religion:
Jewish group won't fight ground zero mosque, leader says — The Anti-Defamation League will not fight the building of a controversial Islamic center and mosque planned near the site of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York, the group's leader told CNN Wednesday.
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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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In Good Faith
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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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.
Larry W. Smith / Newsweek:
The Tea Party's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Night — Moderates rule a series of high-profile primaries. — Kansas Rep. Todd Tiahrt, along with his wife, Vicki, concedes to Jerry Moran during a watch party for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.
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Aharding / CNN:
Black conservatives join hands to deny racism within the Tea Party movement
Black conservatives join hands to deny racism within the Tea Party movement
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The Swamp
New York Times:
Senate Vote Clears Way for $26 Billion in Aid to States — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday cleared the way to provide $10 billion to states and local school districts to prevent teacher layoffs and an additional $16 billion in federal aid to cash-strapped states, and the Speaker …
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Rep. Luis Gutierrez / The Huffington Post:
Why We Should Welcome McConnell's Demand for Hearings on Rescinding 14th Amendment — The “your papers, please” hysteria spreading through the Republican Party has reached a new low. Now, they want to corrupt the U.S. Constitution to promote their opposition to immigrants and immigration.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Keyes Hits Graham For Politicizing The 14th Amendment: This 'Is …
Keyes Hits Graham For Politicizing The 14th Amendment: This 'Is …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
McCaskill: ‘Message received’ from Missouri voters on health reform — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) said she had received the message from her state's voters after they approved a ballot initiative looking to exempt the state's residents from mandates contained within the healthcare reform law.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Gibbs dismisses Missouri vote against federal health insurance mandate
Gibbs dismisses Missouri vote against federal health insurance mandate
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MyDD and Weasel Zippers
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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Conor Friedersdorf / The American Scene:
Ugly Populism — I'd like to associate myself with everything Alan Jacobs just wrote in his post on the mosque and community center being built near Ground Zero. Newt Gingrich is a politician I would've considered supporting in a bid for the presidency. His behavior during this episode has cost him any chance at my vote.
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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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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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New York Post:
Sheriff Taylor's health pitch sparks cardiac arrest — WASHINGTON — Was it not enough for President Obama to saddle future Americans with billions of dollars in new health benefits and entitlements that they simply cannot afford? — He also had to go and corrupt one of America's most beloved figures of the last half-century.
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