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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Kansas' Anti-Gay Segregation Bill Is an Abomination — On Tuesday, the Kansas House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a measure designed to bring anti-gay segregation—under the guise of “religious liberty”—to the already deep-red state. The bill, written out of fear that the state …
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Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, Runnin' Scared and Kansas City Star
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CNN:
Kansas House passes bill allowing refusal of service to same-sex couples — (CNN) — Denying services to same-sex couples may soon become legal in Kansas. — House Bill 2453 explicitly protects religious individuals, groups and businesses that refuse services to same-sex couples, particularly those looking to tie the knot.
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Off the Kuff, The Daily Beast, American Prospect and Jezebel
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Federal judge strikes down Va. ban on gay marriage — A federal judge in Norfolk struck down Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage Thursday night, saying it violates the constitution's guarantee of equal protection. — U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen stayed her decision …
Jon Passantino / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Strikes Down Virginia's Same-Sex Marriage Ban — “We have arrived upon another moment in history when We the People becomes more inclusive, and our freedom more perfect,” the judge wrote. — Spencer Geiger and Carl Johanson demonstrate outside Federal Court in Norfolk, Va., on Feb. 4, 2014.
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The Raw Story
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Yep, The Supreme Court Lit A Fuse To End Gay Marriage Bans Across USA
Yep, The Supreme Court Lit A Fuse To End Gay Marriage Bans Across USA
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The Huffington Post, The Week, Washington Blade and Off the Kuff
Martha Mendoza / Associated Press:
FACEBOOK OFFERS NEW GENDER OPTIONS FOR USERS — You are here — Home » California » Facebook offers new gender options for users — MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — You don't have to be just male or female on Facebook anymore. The social media giant has added a customizable option …
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New Jersey Online and Jezebel
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Rich Ferraro / GLAAD:
Facebook introduces custom gender field to allow users to more accurately reflect who they are
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Digits, Advocate and Towleroad News #gay
Facebook:
When you come to Facebook to connect with the people, causes …
When you come to Facebook to connect with the people, causes …
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The Week, The Federalist, The Daily Banter, Re/code and The Verge
Brandon Griggs / CNN:
Facebook goes beyond ‘male’ and ‘female’ with new gender options
Facebook goes beyond ‘male’ and ‘female’ with new gender options
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The Daily Caller
Clsiteadmin / Crooks and Liars:
Securities Fraud Investigation Nabs Ohio Republican Along With A ‘Secretive’ Church — A Republican Ohio state representative was indicted today on 53 counts, along with a Cincinnati based church, described as ‘secretive’ — Ohio state representative, Peter Beck (R-54) was just indicted on 53 counts.
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Liberaland
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David Weigel / Slate:
James O'Keefe Sued for “Wrongful Termination,” “Defamation” — February started off quite well for James O'Keefe and Project Veritas. The New York Department of Labor had been requesting information from PV, the hidden-camera investigation outfit founded by the conservative undercover journalist.
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The Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Balloon Juice
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
Silk Road 2.0 ‘Hack’ Blamed On Bitcoin Bug, All Funds Stolen — The same bug that has plagued several of the biggest players in the Bitcoin economy may have just bitten the Silk Road. — On Thursday, one of the recently-reincarnated drug-selling black market site's administrators posted …
Alex Pareene / Salon:
Sad fake “millennial” anti-debt group completely broke and confused — The Can Kicks Back is confronting both funding and identity crises — Everyone is having a bit of a laugh today at the expense of “The Can Kicks Back,” the youth-oriented affiliate of the group known as “Fix the Debt …
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Firedoglake and Eschaton
Arturo Garcia / The Raw Story:
Judge bans Wisconsin man from the Internet for harassing neighbor with fake Craigslist ad — A Wisconsin man was banned from using the Internet after being found guilty of using his neighbor's personal information to post an explicit fake online personal ad, WTMJ-TV reported.
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UPI, Mediaite, Liberaland and Gawker
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Why the Republican Push for Black Voters Is (Mostly) Doomed to Fail — As long as the GOP is pushing voter-ID laws that make it harder for African Americans to vote, the party's appeal to identity politics will come up short. — The GOP has a new strategy for turning African Americans into Republicans.
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Prairie Weather, The Dish and BizPac Review
Jim Romenesko:
Brent Bozell urges liberal media to ‘tell the truth,’ while he fibs about writing a column — that appears under his byline. — Brent Bozell (pictured here) wants the media to tell the truth — It is longtime MRC media analysis director Tim Graham who writes “almost everything published under …
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Firedoglake, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Paul Krugman and Roger Ailes
Politico:
Icy blast heats up coal debate — As another snowstorm socks the East Coast, the coal industry has a message for the nation's electricity customers: We told you so. — Signs of growing pains have abounded in the past few weeks of frigid weather, which struck a U.S. electrical grid that's …
Anna Waugh / Dallas Voice:
BREAKING: Texas appeals court rules in favor of trans widow Nikki Araguz — CORPUS CHRISTI — The 13th District Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi issued a landmark opinion Thursday in favor of Houston trans widow Nikki Araguz, ruling that Texas must recognize the marriages of trans people.
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LGBTQ Nation and ThinkProgress
Cassandra Sweet / Wall Street Journal:
The $2.2 Billion Bird-Scorching Solar Project — At California's Ivanpah Plant, Mirrors Produce Heat and Electricity—And Kill Wildlife — A giant solar-power project officially opening this week in the California desert is the first of its kind, and may be among the last …
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americanthinker.com, The Verge and Power Line
Will Rahn / The Daily Caller:
Cuomo aide caught breaking gun law, quickly receives waiver — Jerome Hauer, a top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, appears to have regularly carried a firearm to work in violation of state law. — Hauer runs New York's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.
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Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
James Hohmann / Politico:
Bobby Jindal to warn of ‘silent war’ on religion — In a Thursday night speech at Ronald Reagan's presidential library, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will warn of a “silent war” on religious liberty in America and urge states to pass laws designed to block overreach by the Obama administration.
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
Ninth Circuit holds Second Amendment secures a right to carry a gun — So holds today's Peruta v. County of San Diego (9th Cir. Feb. 13, 2014) (2-1 vote). The court concludes that California's broad limits on both open and concealed carry of loaded guns — with no “shall-issue” …
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National Review
