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Nine years after filing gay marriage lawsuit, couple still waits for day in court
TULSA, Okla. — A same-sex couple that sued for the right to marry knew they’d have an uphill battle in a conservative state like Oklahoma, but nothing like this: Nine years after filing their original lawsuit, they haven’t had their day in court.
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Head of N.J. marriage equality campaign leading new push to repeal Ohio ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The last blog post on the website for New Jersey United for Marriage is dated Oct. 21, the day gay and lesbian couples began getting marriage licenses across the state.
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Same-sex marriage proponents kick off Pennsylvania campaign
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Proponents of same-sex marriage launched a campaign Wednesday to build public support for legalizing gay marriage in Pennsylvania – the last holdout among the Northeast states.
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A decade after Mass. landmark ruling, marriage equality makes gains
BOSTON — In the decade since the highest court in Massachusetts issued its landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, 14 other states and the District of Columbia have legalized it, with Illinois poised to become the 16th in a few days.
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Hawaii governor signs marriage equality bill into law
HONOLULU — Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed a bill Wednesday legalizing gay marriage in Hawaii, the state that kicked off a national discussion of the issue more than two decades ago.
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LGBT advocacy groups team up to make gay marriage in N.J. a priority
ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Several national groups that support recognizing same-sex marriage are teaming up in New Jersey, saying that the state is primed to allow gay couples to wed.
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Operative who led Minn. gay marriage campaign joins national advocacy group
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The man who led the successful effort to legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota has taken a prominent job with an advocacy group pushing to make it legal in more U.S. states.
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More battles ahead before marriage equality becomes the law of the land
NEW YORK — Even as they celebrate a momentous legal victory, supporters of gay marriage already are anticipating a return trip to the Supreme Court in a few years, sensing that no other option but a broader court ruling will legalize same-sex unions in all 50 states.
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Looking back 50 years: Huge strides for the gay rights movement
There was a time when homosexuality was deemed a mental disorder by the nation’s psychiatric authorities, and gay sex was a crime in every state but Illinois. Federal workers could be fired for the mere fact of being gay. That time wasn’t long ago — just 50 years…
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French protest against passage of gay marriage bill turns violent
PARIS — France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation’s heartland and triggered huge demonstrations that tapped into intense discontent with the Socialist government. Within hours, fiery clashes broke out between protesters and riot police.