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Lawmaker wants Texas to allow people the option not to recognize marriage equality
State Rep. James White has just opened the door for Texas’s Attorney General to decide whether the Supreme Court’s ruling making marriage equality the law of the land has to be “recognized” by Texas citizens.
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Texas plaintiffs ask federal appeals court to allow same-sex marriages
Plaintiffs in the federal challenge to Texas’ same-sex marriage ban are asking a federal appeals court to allow same-sex couples to begin marrying in the Lone Star state.
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Federal appeals court weighs overturning marriage bans in three southern states
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas took their stands against same-sex marriage Friday before a federal appellate court with a powerful legacy of pushing Deep South conservatives out of their comfort zones on civil rights.
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5th Circuit to hear appeals in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas marriage rulings
A federal appeals court in New Orleans will hear arguments Friday in challenges to same-sex marriage bans in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
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Judge won’t allow same-sex marriages in Texas while case is being appealed
U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia suggested to 5th Circuit Court of Appeals would likely put the stay back in place in the Texas case if he lifted it.
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Texas plaintiffs ask judge to lift stay on same-sex marriage ruling
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Plaintiffs in a challenge to Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage are asking a federal judge to lift his stay on an ruling striking down the ban earlier this year.
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5th Circuit schedules hearings in appeals of Texas, Louisiana gay marriage rulings
NEW ORLEANS, La. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Monday scheduled oral arguments in the appeals of same-sex marriage rulings from Texas and Louisiana. The court set arguments for both cases to be heard during the week of January 5, 2015.
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Texas AG says same-sex marriage ban reduces out-of-wedlock births
AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General and GOP gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott says the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is in the state’s interest because it reduces out-of-wedlock” births. In a brief Friday filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Abbott says legalizing same-sex marriage would would do little or nothing to encourage …
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Fifth Circuit to hear same-sex marriage appeals from Louisiana, Texas
NEW ORLEANS, La. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday said it will hear the appeals of same-sex marriage rulings from Texas and Louisiana. Equality on Trial reports that the two cases will be heard on the same date and by the same panel, although the date for oral arguments has not yet been scheduled.
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Plaintiffs refute Texas AG’s claim that same-sex marriage is bad for kids
AUSTIN, Texas — Lawyers for two same-sex couples challenging Texas’ same-sex marriage ban are refuting state claims the prohibition promotes raising children in “stable, lasting relationships,” arguing in an appeals brief Tuesday that it serves no legitimate state interest. The 88-page filing with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says the ban denies gay…