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3:40 PM ET, June 28, 2015

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Richard A. Posner / Slate:
The chief justice's dissent is heartless.  —  It was no surprise that the Supreme Court held Friday that there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.  It is very difficult to distinguish the case from Loving v. Virginia, which in 1967 invalidated state laws forbidding miscegenation.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Jindal: Louisiana will obey the high court on gay marriages  —  Louisiana will comply with the Supreme Court's order legalizing same-sex marriage, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Sunday.  —  “We don't have a choice.  Our agencies will comply with the court order,” the Republican presidential contender said on NBC's …
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
The need to get our minds right  —  National Review has posted a symposium contemplating what the Supreme Court has wrought in its gay marriage decision of this past Friday.  The decision represents itself as the culmination of a long line of cases and related social developments.
Brody Mullins / Wall Street Journal:
Mike Huckabee Suggests He Wouldn't Enforce Same-Sex Marriage Decision  —  Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee suggested Sunday that if he were elected in 2016, he would decline to enforce Friday's Supreme Court decision finding a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Rauch / TIME:
Here's How 9 Predictions About Gay Marriage Turned Out  —  Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.  —  Ideas can matter—and small, marginal voices can make themselves heard  —  Not often—in fact, pretty much never—have I been lost for words in the gay-marriage debate.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Sanders: I was ahead of the curve on gay rights  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Saturday he has been waiting for the nation to catch up to his support for same-sex marriage.  —  Sanders' remarks come a day after Friday's landmark 5-4 Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:
The GOP Gay Marriage Freakout
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Fiorina: Marriage is ‘grounded in spirituality’
Discussion: Yahoo Politics and Liberaland
Gerard V. Bradley / National Review:
The Supreme Court Has Legalized Same-Sex Marriage: Now What?
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show
David Edwards / Raw Story:
CNN host calls out Donald Trump: 'What's traditional about being married three times?'  —  CNN's Jake Tapper interviews Donald Trump (screen grab)
Discussion: Liberaland, Newsmax and Towleroad
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Trump: 'I'm for traditional marriage'  —  GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he opposes gay marriage, and defended his own history of having been divorced twice.  —  On CNN's “State of the Union,” host Jake Tapper asked Trump to follow …
Alison Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Responds to Hypothetical Gay Person Questioning His Three Marriages  —  “They have a very good point,” he says.  —  t alielkin  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says that he supports “traditional marriage” but that gay people who might question whether …
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
In a fast-changing culture, can the GOP get in step with modern America?  —  CORYDON, Iowa — Mike Huckabee — former Fox News personality, Arkansas governor and Baptist preacher — gathered with a modest crowd here in the back of Breadeaux Pizza on his “Main Street American Family” tour and opened the floor to questions.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Left Wins Culture Battles, G.O.P. Gains Opportunity to Pivot for 2016
Eric Morath / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump: Jeb Bush Sees Me as a Threat
Discussion: Political Wire
Medium:
My name is only real enough to work at Facebook, not to use on the site  —  I always knew this day would come.  The day that Facebook decided my name was not real enough and summarily cut me off from my friends, family and peers and left me with the stark choice between using my legal name or using a name people would know me by.
Discussion: Raw Story, Guardian and PinkNews
Jack Coleman / NewsBusters:
Ed Schultz: Purge of Confederate Flag is ‘Desecration’ of American History  —  Share it Tweet it  —  The heated debate over the Confederate battle flag has drawn a partisan but not on the side you might expect — longtime libtalker Ed Schultz.  —  Before appearing in his hour-long MSNBC show …
Discussion: Mediaite and The PJ Tatler
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
CNN Spots ‘ISIS Flag’ at London Gay Pride Parade — Guess What It Really Is...  While roaming the annual Gay Pride Parade in London, CNN International reporter Lucy Pawle stumbled upon an “unnerving” sight: An unidentified man flying what initially appeared to be the flag of the jihadist Islamic State (ISIS).
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