memeorandum: Gay Conservatism and Straight Liberation (Ross Douthat/New York Times)

10:40 AM ET, June 27, 2015

Top Items:

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: Taylor Marsh, Towleroad, Mediaite, BarbWire.com, Business Insider, Raw Story, The Huffington Post, alicublog, US News, Fox News and Twitchy

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

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, Christian Science Monitor, Computerworld, Slantpoint and Fusion

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: Liberaland, Office of the Louisiana …, Opposing Views, Right Wing Watch, The Clarion Ledger, NOLA River, Advocate, Towleroad and Talking Points Memo

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

Hillary Clinton slams GOP as ‘party of the past’ — FAIRFAX, Va. — Hillary Clinton looked to draw a red line for her Republican rivals on LGBT rights in her first large swing-state rally outside of the early-voting states on Friday night, pointedly urging them not to turn …

Discussion: ABC News and Bloomberg Business

Mary Frances Berry / Washington Post:

The Confederate flag is just a distraction — Don't let politicians congratulate themselves for symbolic changes after the murders in Charleston. — The lasting effect of Dylann Roof's terrorist attack on nine African American women and men at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church …

Discussion: WYPR

Fredrik Deboer / Politico:

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.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The American Conservative, RedState, Hot Air, Mediaite and US News

Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:

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.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, Business Insider, Liberal Values, Hit & Run, Marginal REVOLUTION, The Week, Talking Points Memo, Balloon Juice, The Last Tradition, Mediaite 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

Perry for President:
Statement by Gov. Perry on SCOTUS Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Discussion: Gohmert, USA Today, The Huffington Post, BarbWire.com, The New Republic, Speaker.gov, AJC, Towleroad, Hit & Run, Politico, Advocate, BuzzFeed and BobbyJindal.com

Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Jindal: 'Let's just get rid of the court'

Discussion: rubio.senate.gov, Hot Air, TIME, The Daily Caller, Mashable, OnPolitics, Yahoo Politics, CBS DC, Hit & Run, Taylor Marsh and Bloomberg Business

Laurence H. Tribe / BostonGlobe.com:
Supreme Court's Obamacare decision is a victory for all of us

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic and Vox

Betsy Rothstein / The Daily Caller:
THE SILENCING: Paper Will Limit Anti-Gay Marriage Op-Eds

Discussion: Hot Air, Bookworm Room, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, US News, RealClearPolitics Videos and The Daily Signal

Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Long, Long Battle For Health Care Reform

Discussion: Democratic Strategist

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

Discussion: National Review, SCOTUSblog, ThinkProgress, Politico, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic and USA Today, more at Mediagazer »

The Huffington Post:
Antonin Scalia Dissent In Marriage Equality Case Is Even More Unhinged Than You'd Think

Discussion: The Mahablog, The American Conservative, NPR, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Slantpoint and Religion News Service

The New Republic:
for Marriage Equality — On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled …

Discussion: Business Insider, Politico and Mediaite

Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Barack Obama is officially one of the most consequential presidents in American history

Discussion: theGrio, Prairie Weather and New York Times

John-Henry Westen / The Federalist:
Same-Sex Marriage Won't Bring Us Peace

Discussion: New York Times, Refinery29, BuzzFeed, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Politico

Dana Liebelson / The Huffington Post:
Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage Nationwide

Discussion: Slantpoint, Bloomberg View, New Yorker, WBAY-TV, Detroit News, Pew Research Center's …, bizjournals and SCOTUSblog

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

whitehouse.gov:

Remarks by the President in Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney — THE PRESIDENT: Giving all praise and honor to God. (Applause.) — The Bible calls us to hope. To persevere, and have faith in things not seen. — “They were still living by faith when they died,” Scripture tells us.

Discussion: CNN, Hullabaloo, Althouse, White House.gov Blog and Hot Air

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
President Obama preaches — and sings — in protest of racism

Discussion: Bloomberg View, Bloomberg Business, ABC News and Yahoo Politics

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: Mashable, Business Insider and Althouse

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton:

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:

Discussion: Salon, LiberalAmerica.org, CBS Dallas, The Texas Tribune, Off the Kuff, Office Of The Governor, Raw Story, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, San Antonio Current, The PJ Tatler and No More Mister Nice Blog

The Advocate:
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal rails against same sex marriage decision: 'If we want to save …

Discussion: Associated Press, The Moderate Voice, Business Insider and Talking Points Memo

Mary Altaffer / ABC News:

Escaped Inmate Remains on the Loose After Other Killed — Officials said earlier Friday they had no reason to believe Matt wasn't with fellow escapee David Sweat but he has not been sighted since his escape. — Investigators set up a perimeter in the area around where Matt was killed …

Discussion: Daily Mail, Guardian and Mediaite

CNN:
Story highlights — Conclusive evidence of Richard Matt …

Discussion: Mediaite, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Jonah Goldberg / National Review:

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.

Discussion: EconLog

Adam B. Lerner / Politico:

White House set aglow with rainbow pride — On Friday evening, the White House was glowing with pride. — The Obama administration bathed the north side of the executive mansion in rainbow-colored light to celebrate the Supreme Court's Friday ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges …

Discussion: ABC News