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Federal judge strikes down Arizona same-sex marriage ban
PHOENIX — Same-sex marriage has become legal in Arizona after the state’s conservative attorney general said Friday that he wouldn’t challenge a federal court decision that cleared the way for same-sex unions in the state. The announcement prompted gay couples in Phoenix to immediately begin lining up at the downtown courthouse to apply for…
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Arizona: Judge should delay gay marriage because 9th Circuit hasn’t issued mandate
PHOENIX — Lawyers for the state of Arizona agree that the state’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional because of an appeals court ruling. But attorneys for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne urged a federal judge to delay overturning the ban because last week’s order from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is not yet final.
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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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Arizona’s same-sex marriage ban likely to fall in wake of 9th Circuit ruling
PHOENIX — The federal appeals court overseeing Arizona overturned gay marriage bans in two other states Tuesday in a decision that means same-sex marriage is virtually certain to be declared legal in Arizona soon. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out gay marriage bans in Idaho and Nevada on constitutional grounds…
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Arizona same-sex marriage ban on thin ice as state awaits rulings in two cases
PHOENIX — Arizona’s ban on same-sex marriage appears to be on even thinner ice now that the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to overturn federal courts that declared bans in five states unconstitutional. Monday’s unexpected decision not to hear appeals from Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia means Arizona’s efforts to keep …
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Ariz. says marriage ban justified because same-sex couples can’t reproduce
PHOENIX — Attorneys for the state of Arizona say in court documents that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is justified because same-sex couples cannot reproduce without the help of a third person. In documents filed Wednesday in a federal challenge to the constitutional ban approved by voters in 2008, the state says it public purpose in regulating private relationships…
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Attorneys ask judge to decide Ariz. same-sex marriage case without trial
PHOENIX — Attorneys for the state of Arizona and a group of gay and lesbian couples who sued over the state’s ban on same-sex marriage want a judge to decide the case without a trial. The attorneys told U.S. District Court Judge John W. Sedwick on Monday they think he can instead rule based on arguments each side will file in the coming months.
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Couples challenging Ariz. same-sex marriage ban ask court for pretrial ruling
PHOENIX — Gay and lesbian couples challenging Arizona’s ban on same-sex marriage are asking a federal court for a pretrial ruling in their favor.
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Judge won’t merge suits challenging Ariz. same-sex marriage ban
PHOENIX — A federal judge is refusing to combine two separately filed lawsuits challenging Arizona’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Federal court asked to merge Ariz. same-sex marriage cases
PHOENIX — Lawyers for plaintiffs in one of two pending lawsuits challenging Arizona’s ban on same-sex marriage are asking a federal court to combine the suits into one case.