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Will Portman / Yale Daily News:
Coming out — I came to Yale as a freshman in the fall of 2010 with two big uncertainties hanging over my head: whether my dad would get elected to the Senate in November, and whether I'd ever work up the courage to come out of the closet. — I made some good friends that first semester …
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Senator Claire McCaskill:
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13 — The question of marriage equality is a great American debate. Many people, some with strong religious faith, believe that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman.
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Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Poll: Ohio marriage views shift — Jen Tyrrell of Bridgeport, a lesbian with four children, is part of a committee trying to bring gay marriage to a vote in Ohio this fall. — Ohioans' sentiments have shifted dramatically since voters overwhelmingly supported the 2004 ban on same-sex marriage.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Portman's son explains coming out
Portman's son explains coming out
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Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Chief justice's lesbian cousin will attend Prop. 8 hearing — The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait in 2010. Seated from left are Associate Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Wall Street Journal:
Marriage and the Supreme Court
Marriage and the Supreme Court
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Gay Rights Set For Blockbuster Week In Supreme Court
Gay Rights Set For Blockbuster Week In Supreme Court
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Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
How We Got to the Supreme Court
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Congressional Ethics Probe Adds to Michele Bachmann's Political Woes — Add the Office of Congressional Ethics to the long list of probes and lawsuits that may be the only enduring legacy of Bachmann's presidential face-plant. John Avlon exclusively reports. … Michele Bachmann.
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Paul Ryan's disappearing act — He seems to have fallen entirely off the radar of early state Republicans. Democrats bring up his name with more zeal than his own party. And his footprint at CPAC was so faint that his being an afterthought was itself an afterthought. — What the heck has happened to Paul Ryan?
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Politico:
Republicans see cash opportunity in gay marriage shift
Republicans see cash opportunity in gay marriage shift
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Clarion-Ledger:
Rep. Jessica Upshaw's death apparent suicide — Coast lawmaker's body found in former legislator's Mendenhall home — Mississippi Bureau of Investigation officials are looking into the death of state Rep. Jessica Upshaw, who was found at a residence in Simpson County on Sunday.
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Guardian:
Cyprus bailout deal with EU closes bank and seizes large deposits — Draconian terms aimed at keeping Cyprus in eurozone include closure of second-largest bank and big losses for wealthy savers — European leaders reached an agreement with Cyprus early on Monday morning that closes …
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
What to look for in the Cyprus deal
What to look for in the Cyprus deal
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Gallup:
In U.S., 65% Support Drone Attacks on Terrorists Abroad — Less than half of Americans are closely following news on drones — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) think the U.S. government should use drones to launch airstrikes in other countries against suspected terrorists.
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David Weigel / Slate:
A 50-Point Swing Against Targeted Drone Killings of U.S. Citizens
A 50-Point Swing Against Targeted Drone Killings of U.S. Citizens
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Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: SASHA, MALIA OBAMA VACATION AT BAHAMAS' ‘ATLANTIS’ RESORT — Sasha and Malia Obama are quietly vacationing at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, Breitbart News has learned. — A source tipped Breitbart News off to the First Daughters' spring vacation, which was not publicly announced or reported.
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New York Post:
Bondage pol was hard-ly working — Jersey Dem's kinky office e-mails to spank-me stalker — A powerful New Jersey Democrat who's being touted as the party's next state chairman has an insatiable lust for bondage, oral sex and spanking, secret e-mails obtained by The Post reveal.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Anthony Lewis, Who Transformed Coverage of the Supreme Court, Dies at 85 — Anthony Lewis, a former New York Times reporter and columnist whose work won two Pulitzer Prizes and transformed American legal journalism, died on Monday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85.
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Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:
Long Night at Today — And for this he wakes up at 4 a.m.? — T — he knife springs open with a satisfying snap. — Matt Lauer, the co-host of the Today show, turns it over in his hand, marveling at the blade. — “Come to papa!” he says. — Sitting at his glass-topped desk …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama: ‘The time has come’ to move immigration bill in Congress — President Obama used a naturalization ceremony at the White House on Monday to declare “the time has come” to move immigration reform through Congress. — Obama said expects debate on an immigration bill to “begin next month” …
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
As Obama signs sequestration cuts, his economic goals are at risk
As Obama signs sequestration cuts, his economic goals are at risk
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Oliver Burkeman / Guardian:
Kelsey Grammer: starting over — Much loved, much married, much divorced, Kelsey Grammer has spent half his life as a sitcom star or a tabloid laughing stock. But at 58, he's ready to be taken seriously — Kelsey Grammer: 'I'm a walk-on guy. When the director says, “Action”, I'm on.' Photograph: Ramona Rosales for the Guardian.
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
George Zimmerman's Brother: ‘Black Teens’ Are Killers — Since he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last year, George Zimmerman has been trying to convince the public that he was not acting simply out of racist aggression but because Martin attacked him.
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