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Arkansas city is going to keep its anti-discrimination ordinance
A state law takes effect tomorrow, which is aimed at prohibiting these kinds of ordinances.
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Cities keeping anti-discrimination measures despite new law
Officials won’t stop enforcing their ordinances banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Same-sex couples sue Arkansas over birth certificates
Three same-sex couples have sued Arkansas health officials for not allowing both spouses to be named on their children’s birth certificates.
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Analysis: Marriage ruling opens fight within Arkansas GOP
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson was an unlikely foil for members of his own party who were outraged at the U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down same-sex marriage bans nationwide. But now Hutchinson is facing pushback from conservatives who think the state should protect county clerks who don’t want to issue marriage licenses to gay couples…
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Arkansas clerk won’t issue licenses to same-sex couples
A county clerk in Arkansas says she won’t issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, despite warnings from the state’s governor and attorney general that public officials must comply with the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage nationwide.
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Marriage equality ruling escalates war of words between Arkansas governor, lawmakers
Opposition from Arkansas legislative leaders to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling lifting the ban on same-sex marriage nationwide has bubbled over into a war of words between the state’s legislative and executive branches.
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Arkansas GOP working on new anti-gay marriage religious protections
Arkansas state Senate Republicans are working on legislation to reinforce protections for religious organizations in response to last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage nationwide.
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Marriage equality fight turns to clerks, probate judges who refuse licenses to same-sex couples
Legal experts are dubious that religious freedom arguments will protect public officials who not only refuse to participate due to their own beliefs, but also decline to make accommodations so that others who don’t object can serve the public instead.
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Arkansas clerk will resign over moral objection to issuing same‑sex marriage licenses
A county clerk in Arkansas plans to resign effective June 30 because of a moral objection to issuing same-sex marriage licenses.
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Arkansas same-sex marriages resume after Supreme Court decision
The judge who struck down Arkansas’ same-sex marriage ban last year presided over one of its first same-sex weddings Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that such bans are unconstitutional.