memeorandum: The GOP Gay Marriage Freakout (Sally Kohn/The Daily Beast)

10:25 AM ET, June 28, 2015

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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.

Discussion: The Last Tradition, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse, Politico, protein wisdom and Bloomberg View

Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:

The GOP Gay Marriage Freakout — It is wrong for public officials to defy the Supreme Court. Yet that's what Republican presidential candidates have promised. — Marriage equality has won at the Supreme Court, but the fight over gay marriage is far from over. Now we enter the Republican temper tantrum phase.

Discussion: Informed Comment

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 …

Discussion: Liberaland

Katie Zezima / Washington Post:

Ted Cruz calls for judicial retention elections for Supreme Court justices — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) has proposed a constitutional amendment that would subject Supreme Court justices to periodic judicial elections in the wake of rulings that upheld a key portion of the Affordable Care Act and affirmed gay couples' right to marriage.

Discussion: Political Wire, Instapundit, Washington Monthly, The Other McCain, NewsMax.com and Towleroad

Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
God and Marriage Equality

Discussion: The Last Tradition and Prairie Weather

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Let's Drop the Charade: The Supreme Court Is a Political Branch, Not a Judicial One

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Power Line and Viking Pundit

Eli Stokols / Politico:
Jeb Bush has a new problem: 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

Discussion: Daily Kos, New York Times, Slantpoint, US News, Medium and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Associated Press:

Eurozone Meets Without Greece to Assess Stability — BRUSSELS — Greece's place in the euro currency bloc looked increasingly shaky on Saturday after eurozone nations rejected a monthlong extension to its bailout program and the prime minister called for a risky popular vote on the country's financial future.

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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 …

Discussion: Bloomberg View, The Last Tradition, The Other McCain, Press Association and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

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.

Discussion: Fusion, American Power, Towleroad, Balloon Juice and The Huffington Post

Associated Press:

Nuke Talks to Miss Target; Iran Foreign Minister Heads Home — A senior U.S. official acknowledged Sunday that Iran nuclear talks will go past their June 30 target date, as Iran's foreign minister prepared to head home Sunday for consultations before returning to push for a breakthrough.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and ABC News

Hugh Naylor / Washington Post:

Witnesses recall the horror of terrorist attack on Tunisian beach … SOUSSE, Tunisia — In the final moments of the worst terrorist attack in Tunisia's history, witnesses recalled, the assailant casually strolled to the ocean at a popular resort to wash his hands and face.

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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.

Discussion: Israel Matzav and The PJ Tatler

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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Refinery29

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.

Discussion: Belmont Club, New York Times, RedState and The American Conservative