- Peter Montgomery @ Religion Dispatches: Mexican Marriage Marches Show Struggle Between Church and Secular State; Pro-LGBT Mormon Group Grows After ‘Apostate’ Declaration; Botswana Gives Anti-Gay US Pastor the Boot; Global LGBT Recap.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Paul LePage’s racially charged claims start to crumble.
- Warren Throckmorton: Eric Metaxas: Donald Trump Speaks Hyperbolically and Shouldn’t Be Taken Literally.
- Sarah K. Burris @ Raw Story: Sam Brownback kills report that would show how his Tea Party policies destroyed the Kansas economy.
- Kira Lerner @ Think Progress: Judge orders voter suppressor Kris Kobach to explain why he should not be held in contempt.
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