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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Fiorina: Marriage is ‘grounded in spirituality’ — GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina on Saturday said the Supreme Court's legalization of same-sex marriage nationwide ignores religious history across most world faiths. — The former Hewlett-Packard CEO argued history …
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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 …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Jeb Bush has a new problem: John Roberts — The former Florida governor suddenly finds himself called to answer for the chief justice appointed by his brother. — Jeb Bush is always facing nagging questions about the Bush family's political legacy. Now he's got another: John Roberts.
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Mike Huckabee Set the Bar Really High for the Worst Reaction to the Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Mike Huckabee Set the Bar Really High for the Worst Reaction to the Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Let's Drop the Charade: The Supreme Court Is a Political Branch, Not a Judicial One
Let's Drop the Charade: The Supreme Court Is a Political Branch, Not a Judicial One
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Brendan O'Connor / Gawker:
CNN Mistakes Dildo-Covered Flag at Pride Parade for ISIS Flag — In this clip, a CNN anchor and editor fail to recognize that what they have identified as an “ISIS flag” is actually a flag of dildos and butt plugs, rendered in the style of ISIS. — “If you look at the flag closely, it's clearly not Arabic,” CNN's Lucy Pawle admits.
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Amy Schumer on Why She Turned Down ‘The Daily Show’ — The star of Trainwreck and Inside Amy Schumer discusses why she passed on Comedy Central's offer for her to take over for Jon Stewart on the political satire The Daily Show. — When Jon Stewart announced plans to end his rich tenure …
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USA Today:
Fourth of July terror warning issued by FBI, Homeland Security — Federal authorities have warned local law enforcement officials across the country about a heightened concern involving possible terror attacks targeting the July 4th holiday, a U.S. law enforcement official said.
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Bloomberg Business:
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 …
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Rosa Brooks / Foreign Policy:
Can Gay Marriage Defeat the Islamic State? — A few — admittedly sappy — thoughts on the power of #LoveWins. — I was thinking about two sets of images this morning: one from an Islamic State-controlled city in Iraq, the other from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
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Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Momentum grows to scrap Pentagon's ban on transgender troops — There is renewed energy on Capitol Hill to lift the Defense Department's ban on transgender troops. — Lawmakers view recent steps by the Pentagon and some of the armed services to expand protections for gay and lesbian troops …
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Katie Johnston / BostonGlobe.com:
Mass. home health workers win wage hike to $15 an hour — After five months of negotiations with the Baker administration, more than 35,000 personal care attendants in Massachusetts won an agreement for a $15-an-hour starting wage, the first state-level victory in a nationwide campaign to raise low-wage workers' pay.
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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.
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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 …
Washington Post:
Transcript: Obama delivers eulogy for Charleston pastor, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney — President Obama delivered the following eulogy at the funeral of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney at the College of Charleston's campus. — OBAMA: Giving all praise and honor to God.
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