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N.M. supreme court asks for response to gay marriage lawsuit
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s highest court has asked the state Attorney General and the Santa Fe County clerk to respond to a lawsuit seeking to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Gay and lesbian couples flock to Calif. courts, city halls to get married
Jubilant gay and lesbian couples flocked to city halls and county courthouses across California on Monday to wed with pets, siblings and kids in tow as same-sex marriages resumed across the state following a five-year legal hiatus.
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PHOTOS: Millions flock to pride events just days after Supreme Court rulings
SAN FRANCISCO — Millions of gay rights supporters crowded parade routes in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis and other major U.S. cities to celebrate what once was unimaginable — two Supreme Court victories on same-sex marriage.
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Ore. gay marriage backers readying petitions for 2014 ballot initiative
PORTLAND, Ore. — Organizers of the effort to legalize same-sex marriage in Oregon say they have a final ballot title and will start collecting signatures this month to put the measure on the November 2014 ballot.
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GOP lawmaker introduces bill to amend U.S. Constitution to ban gay marriage
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) on Friday introduced legislation to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
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Judge: Trial possible on constitutionality of Mich. gay marriage ban
DETROIT — A judge signaled Monday that a trial is possible to determine whether Michigan’s ban on gay marriage is constitutional, nearly nine years after voters approved it by a wide margin.
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Delaware lawmaker weds in state’s first same-sex marriage ceremony
WILMINGTON, Del. — A state senator and her partner have become the first same-sex couple to be legally wed in Delaware.
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Fight for marriage equality in Ill. the focus of participants at Chicago Pride
CHICAGO — Energized by recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, massive rainbow-covered crowds gathered Sunday for Chicago’s annual Pride Parade with attendees, advocates and politicians vowing to continue the fight for gay marriage in Illinois.
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Grand Marshall Edith Windsor leads jubilant crowd at NYC pride
NEW YORK — The 84-year-old woman at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision granting gay couples federal marriage benefits is a grand marshal of New York City’s gay pride march.
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An open letter to all my friends who did not live to see this day…
This is an open letter that will never see the inside of a mailbox. It is a letter from my heart, being sent to hearts that no longer beat. They are now in the space of the spirit, but I think of them just as I would if they were still beating on the other side of town. The fight for equality that culminated with an enormous milestone this last Wednesday at the U.S. Supreme Court has been waged for a long, long time…