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Same-Sex Marriage: The US Supreme Court and the States
The move to legalize same-sex marriage was moving faster than supporters expected until the Supreme Court rulings. Did the court speed the process or apply the brakes?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThe move to legalize same-sex marriage was moving faster than the most optimistic supporters expected until US Supreme Court rulings two weeks ago. Did the court accelerate the process, as many advocates have concluded, or apply the brakes? Also, Congress, the farm bill and the nuclear option. On Today's Talking Point, are "wounded warriors" getting the pay they deserve?
Banner image: Proposition 8 plaintiffs Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, June 30, 2013. Photo: Quinn Dombrowski
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3 storiesCongress, the Farm Bill and the Nuclear Option
Since Congress returned from its Fourth of July recess, it's back to business as usual. One long-time observer calls it a "wrecking ball factory." He's David Hawkings, former managing editor at CQ Weekly, now blogger for Roll Call at " Hawkings Here ."
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Two weeks ago, Justice Anthony Kennedy used soaring rhetoric to declare the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as between a man and a women, violated the Constitution. But that only applied to denying federal benefits to same-sex couples.
Read the story35 minDefense Department Accounting Leaves Soldiers without Pay
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld famously said $2.3 trillion in Pentagon spending could not be accounted for. That was before the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now it turns out the Pentagon can't accurately pay its soldiers in the civilian reserve or on active duty, including those wounded in combat.
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