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David W. Chen / New York Times:
New Jersey Court Backs Full Rights for Gay Couples — Cindy Meneghin, right, and her partner, Maureen Kilian, heard about the New Jersey Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage Wednesday at their lawyer's office in Newark. With them was Sarah, left, their daughter.
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Washington Post:
N.J. Ruling Mandates Rights for Gay Unions — State Court Does Not Specify 'Marriage' — The New Jersey Supreme Court left the door ajar for the approval of same-sex marriage Wednesday, ruling that gay couples are entitled to rights no different from those of heterosexual couples.
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
GAY RIGHTS LAWS, SLIPPERY SLOPES, AND A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SAME-SEX CIVIL UNIONS: The New Jersey Supreme Court has just held that the New Jersey Constitution's equal protection principles require the legislature to recognize at least same-sex civil unions.
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Geoff Mulvihill / Associated Press:N.J. court opens door to gay marriage
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Jonathan S. Landay / Real Cities:
Cheney confirms that detainees were subjected to water-boarding — WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney has confirmed that U.S. interrogators subjected captured senior al-Qaida suspects to a controversial interrogation technique called "water-boarding," which creates a sensation of drowning.
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White House:
Interview of the Vice President by Scott Hennen, WDAY at Radio Day at the White House — Q I've had the honor of introducing our next guest at Cabela's in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. I've interviewed him just off the MSUM Dragon gym floor in Moorehead, even at his hotel suite in St. Paul …
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Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann Gives Us The Visual To Limbaugh's Attack On Michael J. Fox — By now everyone has heard Limbaugh's little commentary about Michael J. Fox's appearance in the ad for Claire McCaskill. Well tonight Keith Olbermann supplied us with the visual to accompany Rush's latest show of idiocy.
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The Superficial:
Rush Limbaugh is an a**hole — On Monday Rush Limbaugh suggested that Michael J. Fox deliberately went off his medication to exaggerate his Parkinson's symptoms in a campaign ad for Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill in which he called for stem-cell research. On his syndicated show Limbaugh said:
Steven Ertelt / lifenews.com:Patricia Heaton, Sports Stars Rebut Michael J. Fox on Missouri Stem Cell Ad
Michael Barone / US News:
An Interview With President Bush — This afternoon I had the privilege of being one of eight columnists interviewing George W. Bush in the Oval Office. The others were Tony Blankley of the Washington Times, Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal, Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Acknowledges Discontent on Iraq — President Bush said today he shares the American public's dissatisfaction with the situation in Iraq, but he warned against succumbing to "disillusionment" about the U.S. purpose there, asserted that "absolutely, we're winning," and expressed confidence …
Gay Patriot:
HRC Fires Staffer Who Orchestrated Foley ScandalStatement Raises More Questions About HRC's Involvement — This is a stunning development in efforts to peel back the onion of the Mark Foley scandal and expose who knew what and when they knew it. — I have been flying back to Charlotte …
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Connecticut Crucible for a War Debate — When the three candidates in Connecticut's celebrated Senate race met for their final debate on Monday night in New London, only one of them appeared to be having a good time. — It was not Ned Lamont, the tense and fidgety businessman who had captured …
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Robin Toner / New York Times:
Ad Seen as Playing to Racial Fears — The Tennessee Senate race, one of the most competitive and potentially decisive battles of the midterm election, became even more unpredictable this week after a furor over a Republican television commercial that stood out even in a year of negative advertising.
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The Smoking Gun:
Jane Pauley Sues New York Times — Broadcaster claims fraud over appearance in drug industry advertorial — Claiming that The New York Times duped her into granting an interview for what turned out to be a drug company-funded advertising supplement, Jane Pauley has sued the newspaper for fraud.
Redstate:
MilBlogs: Losing a Precious Resource — "I see this expanding considerably with the communications tools that are out there now," said Sgt. 1st Class Irwin Walters, who oversees personnel issues for the Manassas unit, and works in the IT procurement office for the IRS in his civilian life.
Pete Donohue / NY Daily News:
Girls' room his, too — Transgender men free to use ALL of MTA's loos — The line for the girls' room just got longer. — Men who live as women can now legally use women's rest rooms in New York's transit system under an unprecedented deal revealed yesterday.
Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
Watchdog Group Accuses Churches of Political Action — A nonprofit group has filed a complaint asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the role that two churches may have played in the re-election campaign of Kansas' attorney general. — The complaint by Citizens for Responsibility …
Agence France Presse:
Argentina charges Iran, Hezbollah in 1994 Jewish center bombing — BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Argentine prosecutors charged Iran and the Shiite militia Hezbollah with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish charities office in Argentina that killed 85 people and injured 300.
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