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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Kansas' Anti-Gay Segregation Bill Is an Abomination — On Tuesday, the Kansas House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a measure designed to bring anti-gay segregation—under the guise of “religious liberty”—to the already deep-red state. The bill, written out of fear that the state …
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Kansas House passes bill allowing refusal of service to same-sex couples — (CNN) — Denying services to same-sex couples may soon become legal in Kansas. — House Bill 2453 explicitly protects religious individuals, groups and businesses that refuse services to same-sex couples, particularly those looking to tie the knot.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Federal judge strikes down Va. ban on gay marriage — A federal judge in Norfolk struck down Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage Thursday night, saying it violates the constitution's guarantee of equal protection. — U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen stayed her decision …
Jon Passantino / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Strikes Down Virginia's Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Federal Judge Strikes Down Virginia's Same-Sex Marriage Ban
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Charles Riley / CNNMoney.com:
Tom Perkins' big idea: The rich should get more votes — Tom Perkins suggested Thursday that only taxpayers should have the right to vote — and that wealthy Americans who pay more in taxes should get more votes. — The venture capitalist offered the unorthodox proposal when asked to name …
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Martha Mendoza / Associated Press:
FACEBOOK OFFERS NEW GENDER OPTIONS FOR USERS — You are here — Home » California » Facebook offers new gender options for users — MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — You don't have to be just male or female on Facebook anymore. The social media giant has added a customizable option …
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Rich Ferraro / GLAAD:
Facebook introduces custom gender field to allow users to more accurately reflect who they are
Facebook introduces custom gender field to allow users to more accurately reflect who they are
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Facebook Cares More About Targeting Ads Than Affirming Your Gender Identity
Facebook Cares More About Targeting Ads Than Affirming Your Gender Identity
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When you come to Facebook to connect with the people, causes …
When you come to Facebook to connect with the people, causes …
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Brandon Griggs / CNN:
Facebook goes beyond ‘male’ and ‘female’ with new gender options
Facebook goes beyond ‘male’ and ‘female’ with new gender options
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Golden Egg — The school of literary criticism known as reception theory holds that a text should be studied in light of its effect on its contemporaries, that a reader should be aware of the “horizon of expectations” in which a text is produced. I was reminded of this the other day as I observed …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Obamacare's war on jobs — In the ongoing saga of the Affordable Care Act, oddly referred to by Democrats as the law of the land even as it is amended at will by presidential fiat, we are beginning to understand the extent of its war on jobs. — First, the Congressional Budget Office triples …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
‘I Can Do Whatever I Want’ — On February 11, writing for the Washington Post, Republican lobbyist Ed Rogers ably summarized the latest “bad week for Obamacare.” The Congressional Budget Office concluded that Obamacare will cause “a decline in the number of full-time-equivalent workers …
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Clsiteadmin / Crooks and Liars:
Securities Fraud Investigation Nabs Ohio Republican Along With A ‘Secretive’ Church — A Republican Ohio state representative was indicted today on 53 counts, along with a Cincinnati based church, described as ‘secretive’ — Ohio state representative, Peter Beck (R-54) was just indicted on 53 counts.
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Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
6 Republican Senators Switched Their Debt Limit Votes (Image) — Six Senate Republicans switched from “nay” to “aye” on the critical vote allowing the nation's debt limit to be extended, a copy of the official Senate vote tally sheet provided to CQ Roll Call on Thursday suggests.
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Scott A. Hodge / Wall Street Journal:
Scott Hodge: Here's What ‘Income Equality’ Would Look Like — Take about $4 trillion from the top 40% of families and give it to the bottom 60%—voilà, no more inequality. — President Obama has talked a lot recently about reducing income inequality.
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Why Writers Are the Worst Procrastinators — The psychological origins of waiting (... and waiting, and waiting) to work — Like most writers, I am an inveterate procrastinator. In the course of writing this one article, I have checked my e-mail approximately 3,000 times …
Robert Pear / New York Times:
One-Fifth of New Enrollees Under Health Care Law Fail to Pay First Premium — WASHINGTON — One in five people who signed up for health insurance under the new health care law failed to pay their premiums on time and therefore did not receive coverage in January, insurance companies and industry experts say.
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David Weigel / Slate:
James O'Keefe Sued for “Wrongful Termination,” “Defamation” — February started off quite well for James O'Keefe and Project Veritas. The New York Department of Labor had been requesting information from PV, the hidden-camera investigation outfit founded by the conservative undercover journalist.
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Stewart M. Powell / San Francisco Chronicle:
GOP' immigration effort may have been scuttled by Sen. Cruz — Washington — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz may have scuttled a compromise on immigration reform with just one sound bite. — House Republicans who supported the “principles” of immigration reform floated by Speaker John Boehner …
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Arturo Garcia / The Raw Story:
Judge bans Wisconsin man from the Internet for harassing neighbor with fake Craigslist ad — A Wisconsin man was banned from using the Internet after being found guilty of using his neighbor's personal information to post an explicit fake online personal ad, WTMJ-TV reported.
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