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Dozens of supporting briefs filed in Utah, Okla., same-sex marriage cases
SALT LAKE CITY — More than 50 groups, organizations and coalitions have weighed in on gay marriage cases in Utah and Oklahoma with supporting court briefs — giving a Denver-based federal appeals court thousands of pages of arguments to consider.
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Group of current, former GOP lawmakers file brief supporting same-sex marriage
SALT LAKE CITY — A group of Republicans has come out in support of legalizing gay marriage in Utah and Oklahoma, arguing that allowing same-sex unions is consistent with the Western conservative values of freedom and liberty once championed by Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater.
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Lawyers in Okla. challenge say same-sex marriage is a detriment to children
OKLAHOMA CITY — Lawyers for an Oklahoma clerk who refused to grant a marriage license to a same-sex couple say a federal judge was wrong to overturn the state’s voter-approved ban on gay marriages.
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Same panel of judges to hear appeals of Utah, Okla., gay marriage rulings
DENVER — Appeals of same-sex marriage rulings from Utah and Oklahoma will be heard by the same panel of federal judges.
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Okla. lawmaker suggests eliminating all marriages to prevent gay marriages
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — An Oklahoma lawmaker, fearful that a federal judge’s ruling that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage might be upheld by an appeals court, says his conservative colleagues would consider throwing out all marriages in Oklahoma as a way around the ruling.
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Legislating from the Bible: The red state foundation of government ‘service’
The Bible says it. I believe it. That settles it. While that reads like a tired bumper sticker, there are still lawmakers in the United States who use this as the very foundation of their government “service.” One such lawmaker is Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern. Even people who may not be able to find Oklahoma on a map know of Kern and her opposition to anything that resembles equality for LGBTQ Americans. Especially marriage equality…
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Attorneys for Tulsa county clerk to appeal Okla. same-sex marriage ruling
TULSA, Okla. — Lawyers for the Tulsa County court clerk are appealing a federal judge’s ruling that Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
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Okla. Rep. Sally Kern: ‘Homosexuality is not a civil right, it’s a human wrong’
Oklahoma lawmaker Sally Kern, who once called homosexuality “the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam,” decried a federal judge’s ruling striking down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Catholic archbishop ‘profoundly disappointed’ in Okla. marriage ruling
OKLAHOMA CITY — The archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City says he’s “profoundly disappointed” in a federal judge’s ruling that struck down Oklahoma’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.
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Same-sex marriage rulings in Utah, Okla., build momentum
OKLAHOMA CITY — In less than a month, two federal judges have struck down gay marriage bans in two conservative U.S. states for the same reason, concluding that they violate the Constitution’s promise of equal treatment under the law. Experts say the rulings could represent an emerging legal consensus that will carry the issue back […]