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Same-sex couples in 7 Miss. counties record out-of-state marriage licenses
JACKSON, Miss. — In a move that’s more symbolic than substantial, same-sex couples in seven Mississippi counties were allowed to file out-of-state marriage licenses into chancery court land records Wednesday, while couples were barred from filing documents in one coastal county. Couples say filing the papers does not overturn Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage…
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Colo. Supreme Court stops same-sex marriages in Boulder County
DENVER — Boulder County must stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples while the Colorado Supreme Court considers an appeal from the state’s attorney general, justices said in a ruling Tuesday. The court ruling was in response to an appeal from Republican Attorney General John Suthers, who has been trying for several weeks to get Boulder’s clerk …
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Colo. appeals court refuses to stop Boulder’s same-sex marriage licenses
DENVER — The Colorado Court of Appeals has denied state Attorney General John Suthers’ request to stop Boulder’s clerk from issuing same-sex marriage licenses. The court issued its ruling Thursday evening, saying Suthers didn’t establish the factors required to reverse a ruling that allowed clerk Hillary Hall to issue such licenses. The court did not…
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Colo. Supreme Court orders Denver to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses
DENVER — Colorado’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered Denver’s clerk to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples while while the state’s ban against the unions remains in place. The two-page ruling noted that a judge who earlier this month ruled the ban was unconstitutional stayed his decision pending appeal, meaning the prohibition remains active.
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Colo. judge refuses to halt same-sex marriages in Denver
DENVER — A judge on Monday refused to stop a Denver clerk from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex, despite a still-active ban against the practice. Colorado District Judge C. Scott Crabtree last week ruled that the state’s 2006 voter-approved gay marriage ban was unconstitutional. But he put that ruling on hold pending appeal, meaning the Colorado ban…
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Denver city clerk says she will issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
DENVER — Denver’s city clerk says she will begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite Colorado ban. Debra Johnson announced her decision shortly after a judge ruled that her counterpart in the liberal college town of Boulder can continue to grant gay marriage licenses.
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Colo. same-sex marriage battle echoes Boulder drama of nearly 40 years ago
BOULDER, Colo. — Nearly 40 years ago, a newly elected, miniskirt-wearing feminist in Colorado stumbled into history when a gay couple denied a marriage license sought her help instead. While the college town of Boulder has a liberal reputation now, it was deeply divided over gay rights in 1975, and few, including Clela Rorex, had thought about same-sex couples marrying…
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Boulder won’t back down on issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
DENVER — Boulder County’s clerk will continue issuing marriage licenses to gay couples despite warnings from Colorado Attorney General John Suthers to stop, telling him in a letter Wednesday that failing to give the couples licenses would violate their constitutional rights. The letter is the latest volley in a legal back-and-forth between County Clerk Hillary Hall…
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Boulder clerk refuses to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
DENVER — Boulder County’s clerk will continue issuing marriage licenses to gay couples despite the threat of legal action by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. Hillary Hall made the announcement Tuesday after Suthers’ office agreed to give her more time to consider asking the state Supreme Court to rule whether she has the authority to issue the licenses.
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Colo. AG orders Boulder to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
DENVER — Colorado’s attorney general has ordered a halt to the issuing of gay-marriage licenses in Boulder County. Republican Attorney General John Suthers gave Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall until noon Tuesday to stop issuing marriage licenses. Colorado’s constitution bans same-sex unions, and a federal decision handed down last week …