First Links—6.30.15

Thanks for Everything, Justice Kennedy
Matthew J. Franck, Public Discourse

Archbishop Kurtz on Same Sex Marriage Ruling, and Where the Church Goes from Here
Joseph Kurtz, Our Sunday Visitor

A North Dakota Oil Boom Goes Bust
Mara Van Ells, The Atlantic

The ACLU Abandons Support of Religious Freedom
Daniel Allott, Washington Examiner

As the Culture Shifts on Marriage, Evangelicals Stand Firm
Russell Moore, National Review

Antonin Scalia as the Measure of How Far We Have to Go
Edward Peters, In the Light of the Law

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