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Scalia in Gay Marriage Ruling Dissent: Where Are the Protestants?

In all the Sturm und Drang following last Friday’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that discovered a right to same-sex marriage in the American Constitution, a fascinating and disturbing observation by Justice Antonin Scalia was largely overlooked: U.S. Protestants had no say whatsoever in the new social order enacted by the Court.

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Chris Matthews: ‘The Supreme Court Follows Election Returns’

MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews argued that “the Supreme Court follows election returns” while discussing the court’s ruling on same-sex marriage on Tuesday. He said, “I sense, as Mr. Dooley, said…the Supreme Court follows election returns, that this country has, in

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ACLU: ‘We Can No Longer Support Federal Religious Freedom Law’

The ACLU — whose stated mission was once “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States” — now states that while the organization supported the RFRA when it was passed, “we can no longer support the law in its current form” because “it is now often used as a sword to discriminate against women, gay and transgender people and others.”

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Tammy Bruce: Repeated Gay Marriage Questions ‘Groupthink’

Author, columnist, talk show host, and Fox News Contributor Tammy Bruce argued that repeated questions about gay marriage and whether GOP candidates have animosity towards gay people are “the height, really, of groupthink, where you believe you have soul possession

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Rush: Republicans Can’t Win Without Social Issues

Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh argued the Republican Party cannot win without social issues and lamented “cultural depravity and rot, perversion” on Monday. Rush said that arguments such as, “But the court has spoken, and gay marriage is now the law

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States Resist Moving Ahead With Same-Sex Marriages Immediately

The Louisiana Clerks of Court Association advised clerks not to issue licenses for 25 days, during which time the Supreme Court could be petitioned for a rehearing. Same-sex marriages are also on hold in the state of Mississippi where Democrat attorney general Jim Hood said the Supreme Court’s decision would not go into effect in his state until the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals lifts a stay on its ruling from last year in which it struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban.