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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

It's an Obama World... US Troops Put on Drinking, Eating Restrictions for Ramadan  —  It's an Obama world...  US soldiers were put on drinking and eating restrictions in Southeast Asia during Ramadan.  —  The Weekly Standard reported: … The post It's an Obama World... US Troops Put on Drinking …

Apple Suppliers Start Making iPhones With Force Touch  —  Apple Inc. has started early production of new iPhone models with a feature called Force Touch, which senses how hard users are pressing down on a screen, people with knowledge of the matter said.  —  Its newest iPhones …

Greeks Line Up at Banks and Drain ATMs as Tsipras Calls Vote  —  Greeks line up at banks this morning.  Photographer: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg  —  Greece's banks may need an injection of fresh emergency funds to operate Monday as people rushed to pull out money …

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.