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Pa. AG gives governor’s lawyers OK to handle gay marriage case
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s attorney general has granted express written authority to lawyers for Gov. Tom Corbett to handle a case in which the Health Department wants to stop a suburban Philadelphia court clerk from giving marriage licenses to same-sex couples, according to a Tuesday court filing.
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Landmark same-sex marriage hearing approaches in Pa.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — For two months, an elected court clerk in the Philadelphia suburbs has been giving something to same-sex couples they have not been able to get anywhere else: a Pennsylvania marriage license.
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Pa. court outlines issues for hearing on marriage licenses for same-sex couples
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania court laid out the issues Thursday to be argued at a hearing in two weeks about a suburban Philadelphia court clerk’s decision to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Pa. court to hear case against county for issuing same-sex marriage licenses
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania court will hear arguments next month on the governor’s attempt to stop a county official from issuing same-sex marriage licenses.
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Pa. AG fires back at governor over challenge to gay marriage ban
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Attorney General Kathleen Kane is firing back at Gov. Tom Corbett over the defense of Pennsylvania’s law that effectively bans same-sex marriage and said it isn’t the governor’s job to tell the attorney general what the office’s duties and obligations are.
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Pa. Attorney General will not defend ban on same-sex marriage
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane will said Thursday that her office will not defend the state in a federal lawsuit that challenges its ban on same-sex marriage.
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Pa. AG must decide whether to defend state’s ban on same-sex marriage
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The elected official tasked with defending state laws has previously said she supports same-sex marriage, but now faces a decision about whether to defend a Pennsylvania law that bans it.