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Marriage equality advocates urge Arizona AG to stop defending state’s ban
PHOENIX – Delivering more than 5,000 petition signatures in a little red wagon, supporters of gay marriage called Thursday for Attorney General Tom Horne to drop his defense of the state’s ban. The wagon belonged to the daughter of Phoenix couple Kevin Patterson and David Larance, plaintiffs in one of two pending lawsuits challenging the ban.
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Battle over same-sex marriage goes before a federal court in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The first same-sex marriage ban that was passed in the U.S. will be tested before a judge in Alaska on Friday, the culmination of a week when a federal appeals court struck down similar bans in two states and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to weigh in on the issue.
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LGBT groups cautiously cheer Catholic Church shift in tone toward gays
VATICAN CITY — LGBT rights advocates are cautiously cheering a shift in tone from the Catholic Church toward gays, encouraged that Pope Francis’ famous “Who am I to judge?” position has filtered down to bishops debating family issues at a Vatican meeting this week. There is no discussion that church doctrine on homosexuality will change …
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Same-sex marriage still in limbo in Kansas in all but one county
TOPEKA, Kan. — Wedding plans of gay couples across Kansas were in limbo Thursday, with all but one of the state’s 105 counties refusing to issue marriage licenses and the American Civil Liberties Union preparing to sue in a bid to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex unions. Couples began showing up at county marriage license offices around …
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Christie says states should decide whether to allow same-sex marriage
TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie says it shouldn’t be up to the Supreme Court to decide whether states allow same-sex marriage. The Republican governor weighed in Thursday on the court’s decision this week not to hear appeals from a handful of states, paving the way for a significant expansion across the country.
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Judge in North Carolina gay marriage case rejects GOP lawmakers’ delay
RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge overseeing a pair of challenges to North Carolina’s gay marriage ban denied a motion late Thursday from lawyers for Republican legislative leaders seeking more than a weeklong delay in the case.
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Federal court sets hearing to consider Wyoming same-sex marriage challenge
CASPER, Wyo. — A federal court hearing next week could enable same-sex couples to begin getting marriage licenses in Wyoming. Four same-sex couples and a gay-rights advocacy group filed suit Tuesday seeking the right to marry in Wyoming. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl will consider their request to decide immediately on gay marriage…
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Nevada lawmaker, partner become first same-sex couple married in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada state lawmaker has married his partner, becoming the first same-sex couple married in Las Vegas. State Sen. Kelvin Atkinson wed Sherwood Howard shortly after gay couples began receiving marriage licenses in the wedding capital of the world.
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Nevada begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
LAS VEGAS — A dizzying legal wrangle is over in the wedding capital of the world as same-sex couples began receiving marriage licenses in Las Vegas and other Nevada cities on Thursday afternoon. Same-sex couples cheered at the marriage license bureau in Las Vegas as frustration gave way to elation and the first licenses were issued.
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Idaho couples ask U.S. Supreme Court to lift stay, allow same-sex marriages
BOISE, Idaho — Four Idaho couples who sued over the state’s gay marriage ban are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow same-sex marriages to begin in accordance with a lower court’s ruling earlier this week. Attorneys for the couples filed the opposition to an emergency stay with the high court Wednesday afternoon.