memeorandum: Voters Show Little Sympathy for Jailed Clerk in Gay Marriage Spat (Rasmussen Reports)

6:30 PM ET, September 8, 2015

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David Edwards / Raw Story:

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Alan Blinder / New York Times:

Kim Davis Freed From Jail in Kentucky Gay Marriage Dispute — Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed last week after she defied a court's order that she issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, was ordered released on Tuesday. — In a two-page order issued Tuesday …

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NBC News:

Kim Davis Leaves Kentucky Jail, Vows to ‘Keep on Pressing’ — A Kentucky clerk who defied orders to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples was released from jail Tuesday, but her lawyer says she will continue to resist until officials find a way to accommodate her religious opposition to gay unions.

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Rasmussen Reports:

Voters Show Little Sympathy for Jailed Clerk in Gay Marriage Spat — A federal judge has sent a Kentucky county clerk to jail for refusing to issue wedding licenses to gay couples despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in late June upholding the legality of same-sex marriage.

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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:

Staver: Requiring Kim Davis To Do Her Job Is Like Forcing Her ‘To Grant A License To Sodomize Children’ — Mat Staver, the Liberty Counsel attorney who is representing Kentucky clerk Kim Davis during her ongoing refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses, appeared on the “WallBuilders Live” …

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Ed Payne / CNN:

Case appealed — Kentucky clerk faces judge in marriage debate 04:01 — On Monday, Davis' legal team appealed her case to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. — “We would like them to release her from jail and provide reasonable, sensible accommodation so she can do her job,” …

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John Culhane / Politico:
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:

Biden Inches Ahead of Sanders in National Poll as Clinton Slips — Joe Biden is up and Hillary Clinton is down in a new Monmouth University national poll of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters. — Support for the vice president is building as speculation grows about his potential entry …

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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:

Donald Trump Likens His Schooling to Military Service in Book — Donald J. Trump, who received draft deferments through much of the Vietnam War, told the author of a forthcoming biography that he nevertheless “always felt that I was in the military” because of his education at a military-themed boarding school.

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Nick Gass / Politico:
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Ron Wyden / Medium:

My Statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — The Senate has no weightier responsibility this fall than consideration of the nuclear agreement recently negotiated by the United States, key world powers, and Iran. The decision facing each Senator this week will be whether …

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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
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Manu Raju / CNN:

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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
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Nick Gass / Politico:

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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
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Karen Mansfield / Observer-Reporter:

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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:

A white guy named Michael couldn't get his poem published. Then he became Yi-Fen Chou. — Sherman Alexie read hundreds, maybe thousands, of poems last year while editing the 2015 edition of Best American Poetry, an annual anthology that comes out Tuesday.

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Jonathan Haidt / The Righteous Mind:

Where microaggressions really come from: A sociological account — I just read the most extraordinary paper by two sociologists — Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning — explaining why concerns about microaggressions have erupted on many American college campuses in just the past few years.

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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

John McAfee Email: ‘My Staff Is Filing The Paperwork’ For Presidential Run — Antivirus software guru and self-described “eccentric millionaire” John McAfee said he planned on Tuesday to file paperwork to run for President, according to an email obtained by TPM.

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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

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