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It Is Accomplished … I remember one of the first TV debates I had on the then-strange question of civil marriage for gay couples. It was Crossfire, as I recall, and Gary Bauer's response to my rather earnest argument after my TNR cover-story on the matter was laughter.
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It's time to legalize polygamy — Why group marriage is the next horizon of social liberalism. — Getty. — Welcome to the exciting new world of the slippery slope. With the Supreme Court's landmark ruling this Friday legalizing same sex marriage in all 50 states, social liberalism has achieved one of its central goals.


Gay Marriage Upheld by Supreme Court in Close Ruling — WASHINGTON — In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Constitution guarantees a nationwide right to same-sex marriage. — The 5-to-4 decision, the culmination of decades …
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Constitutional Remedies to a Lawless Supreme Court — This week, we have twice seen Supreme Court justices violating their judicial oaths. Yesterday, the justices rewrote Obamacare, yet again, in order to force this failed law on the American people. Today, the Court doubled …
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Antonin Scalia Dissent In Marriage Equality Case Is Even More Unhinged Than You'd Think — WASHINGTON — Justice Antonin Scalia has really had it. — Scalia's dissent in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, which officially made marriage equality the law of the land, runs for eight pages …
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Jindal: 'Let's just get rid of the court' — Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) condemned the Supreme Court on Friday following its ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. — “The Supreme Court is completely out of control, making laws on their own, and has become a public opinion poll instead …
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Attorney General Ken Paxton: Following High Court's Flawed Ruling, Next Fight is Religious Liberty — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued the following statement following the U.S. Supreme Court's flawed ruling on states' constitutional right to define marriage, stating the next fight is religious liberty:
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THE SILENCING: Paper Will Limit Anti-Gay Marriage Op-Eds — The editorial board of PennLive/The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa. is taking a hardcore stance against those who disagree with the Supreme Court ruling to legalize gay marriage. … After receiving strong pushback …


Statement by Gov. Perry on SCOTUS Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
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Same-Sex Marriage Won't Bring Us Peace
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Huckabee blasts SCOTUS “I will not acquiesce to an imperial court” vows to “resist and reject judicial tyranny”
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Here's Every 2016 GOP Candidate's Response To The Same-Sex Marriage Ruling — And There's A Divide
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The Supremes got it right - It's no longer ‘gay marriage.’ It's ‘marriage.’ And we're better for it: Editorial
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Ben And Jerry's Celebrates Marriage Equality With ‘I Dough, I Dough’ Ice Cream
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Texas AG: ‘No Court, No Law, No Rule’ Will Change Definition Of Marriage
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Gay marriage declared legal across the US in historic supreme court ruling
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Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage Nationwide
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Behind the Lens: When the President Heard the News of the Supreme Court Decision on the Affordable Care Act — The President was in the middle of his daily briefing on Thursday when Brian Mosteller, the director of Oval Office operations, abruptly opened the door at 10:10AM.
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Barack Obama is officially one of the most consequential presidents in American history — After Thursday's Supreme Court ruling, there's no longer any doubt: Barack Obama is one of the most consequential presidents in American history — and he will be a particularly towering figure in the history of American progressivism.
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The Long, Long Battle For Health Care Reform
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Exclusive: Donald Trump Bans Univision Employees From His Properties — Donald Trump has banned any employee of Univision from stepping foot on one of his properties after the Spanish-language network cancelled the Miss USA telecast. — The billionaire real estate baron …
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Donald Trump bans Univision staff from his Miami golf resort
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Story highlights — Conclusive evidence of Richard Matt and David Sweat was found at a cabin, a New York State Police spokesman says — Plattsburgh, New York (CNN)Richard Matt, one of two escaped murderers from an upstate New York maximum-security prison, was shot and killed …
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Tunisia attack on Sousse beach ‘kills 37’ — Dozens of people were also injured in the attack — At least 37 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed and 36 injured in an attack on a beach in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, according to the health ministry.
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The Goldberg File — Dear Reader (unless you have a Matchbox car of the General Lee from the Dukes of Hazard, in which case you must be sent to reeducation camp), — In my column today I note that we now live in a world where Bobby Jindal is a fake Indian, but it's racist to say Elizabeth Warren isn't a real Indian.
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North Charleston police chief fires officer for Confederate Flag photo found on Facebook — NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A North Charleston police officer who posted a photo of himself wearing Confederate Flag boxer shorts to Facebook has been fired. — The photo spread across …
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Officer Fired After Posting Photo Of Himself In Confederate Flag Boxer Shorts On Facebook
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President Obama preaches — and sings — in protest of racism — In eulogy for slain pastor, the president issues a call to action to battle the systemic racism that he said the murders must force America to confront. — CHARLESTON, S.C. - President Barack Obama brought a crowd 5,500 mourners …
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