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4:00 PM ET, June 27, 2015

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Republican Sen. James Inhofe: My Gay Friends Think Court Ruling Was Bad — “I know a lot of people, actually a lot of people who are friends of mine in the gay community, who also think it was a bad decision.” — Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma says he has a lot of friends …

Discussion: Office Of The Governor

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:

Let's Drop the Charade: The Supreme Court Is a Political Branch, Not a Judicial One — ut this Court is not a legislature. " Chief Justice John Roberts actually published that sentence in his same-sex marriage dissent on Friday . . . a mere 24 hours after his maestro's performance …

Discussion: Power Line

Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:

God and Marriage Equality — In the late nineteen-fifties, Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter met and fell in love amid the sleepy small towns and picturesque horse farms of Virginia's Caroline County. Loving was white and Jeter black (as well as Native American), which meant …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Prairie Weather

Peter Lakomy / National Review:

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Other McCain, Mediaite, BarbWire.com, Taylor Marsh, Towleroad, The PJ Tatler, Business Insider, The Mahablog, The American Conservative, Raw Story, The Huffington Post, US News, alicublog, Fox News, Twitchy and The Hill

The Advocate:

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal rails against same sex marriage decision: ‘If we want to save some money lets just get rid of the court’ — Louisiana's Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal wasted no time on Friday issuing a scathing statement against the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling legalizing same sex marriage …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune, Associated Press, The Moderate Voice, Business Insider and Talking Points Memo

Julia O'Donoghue / New Orleans Times-Picayune:

Bobby Jindal administration says Louisiana won't recognize gay marriage yet — Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration says gay marriage will currently not be offered or recognized in Louisiana, but his staff acknowledged it's likely coming. — “Our agencies will have no choice but to comply …

Discussion: Opposing Views, Office of the Louisiana …, Mock Paper Scissors, Right Wing Watch, Liberaland, The Clarion Ledger, NOLA River, Advocate and Towleroad

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

G.O.P. Hopefuls Denounce Marriage Equality Ruling — WASHINGTON — Across the country, among people of all ages and religions, the acceptance of same-sex marriage has grown with stunning speed. But not in the leadership of the Republican Party. — There is a striking unanimity among …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Slantpoint, Christian Science Monitor, Computerworld, Fusion, US News and Business Insider

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Hillary Clinton slams GOP as ‘party of the past’

Discussion: ABC News and Bloomberg Business

PennLive.com:
The Supremes got it right - It's no longer ‘gay marriage.’ It's ‘marriage.’ And we're better for it: Editorial

Discussion: Hot Air and Patterico's Pontifications

CNN:
Supreme Court rules states must allow same-sex marriage

Discussion: Bloomberg View, National Review, Outside the Beltway, SCOTUSblog, ThinkProgress, Politico, Reuters and Los Angeles Times, more at Mediagazer »

Associated Press:

Woman removes Confederate flag in front of SC statehouse — COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — The Confederate flag has been temporarily removed from in front of the South Carolina Statehouse. — An unidentified black woman was about halfway up the more than 30-foot steel flagpole …

Discussion: Post and Courier, Guardian, Fusion, The Week, Bloomberg Business and Associated Press

Mary Frances Berry / Washington Post:
The Confederate flag is just a distraction

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Reuters, CANNONFIRE and WYPR

David Remnick / New Yorker:

Ten Days in June — What a series of days in American life, full of savage mayhem, uncommon forgiveness, resistance to forgiveness, furious debate, mourning, and, finally, justice and grace. As President Obama led thousands of mourners in Charleston, South Carolina, in “Amazing Grace,” I thought about late 2013 and early 2014.

Discussion: Washington Post and Prairie Weather

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

Gay Conservatism and Straight Liberation — BEFORE there was a national debate about same-sex marriage, there was a debate within the gay community about whether it was a worthwhile goal to chase at all. — This debate was tactical (since the cause once seemed quixotic) but also philosophical.

Discussion: The American Conservative, Hit & Run and Christianity Today

Evan Wolfson / New York Times:

What's Next in the Fight for Gay Equality — I ALWAYS believed we would win, but I didn't expect to cry. — The Supreme Court's ruling on Friday, that the Constitution guarantees gay people the freedom to marry, is a monumental and inspiring victory. America got it right. Love won. We all did.

Discussion: Towleroad and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Diana Al Rifai / Al Jazeera English:

Kurdish recapture of Syria's Kobane reported — Activists say ISIL fighters expelled from Kurdish town, a day after they killed hundreds in apparent act of vengeance. — Doha, Qatar - Kurdish forces have recaptured Syria's Kobane from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, activists and a monitoring group say.

Discussion: NPR and WYPR

The White House / Medium:

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.

Discussion: Althouse, Mashable and Business Insider