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Pa. county clerk not abandoning fight to appeal same-sex marriage ruling
POTTSVILLE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania county official seeking to overturn a federal judge’s ruling allowing same-sex couples to marry in the state, says she’s not abandoning her fight, even after a U.S. Supreme Court justice rejected her bid to put the ruling on hold while she tries to get standing in a legal case to stop them permanently.
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Pennsylvania wedding facility enforces a ‘no same-sex couples’ policy
NORTH ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A Pennsylvania wedding venue has come under fire for refusing to allow a same-sex couple to marry at its facility. The Scranton Times-Tribune reports that The Inne of the Abingtons, located in North Abington, Pa., rejected a recent inquiry by a Greenfield Township woman to host her wedding at the facility because of …
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Complaint filed against 36 Methodist pastors for blessing same-sex wedding
PHILADELPHIA — A complaint has been filed against 36 United Methodist ministers who blessed a same-sex wedding in Philadelphia in defiance of church law. The pastors blessed the Nov. 9 ceremony at Philadelphia’s Arch Street United Methodist Church to show support for a colleague who faced church discipline for presiding over his gay son’s wedding…
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Justice Alito denies clerk’s bid to halt same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Supreme Court justice has rejected a Pennsylvania county clerk’s bid to stop gay marriages in the state while she tries to get standing in a legal case to stop them permanently. Without comment, Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Schuylkill County Orphans’ Court Clerk Theresa Santai-Gaffney. The clerk can appeal …
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County clerk asks Supreme Court to halt same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania
POTTSVILLE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania county official has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend a federal ruling that allows gay couples to marry in the state. Theresa Santai-Gaffney, Schuylkill County’s register of wills and Orphans’ Court clerk, asked the high court on Thursday afternoon to stay the ruling while she pursues an appeal. Her request was…
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Marriage News Watch: Victory in Ky., more hearings from coast-to-coast
This week’s Marriage News Watch report from Matt Baume at the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), recaps a big victory in Kentucky, and numerous hearings coming up from one side of the country to the other. Plus, a battle of wills and a surprise move in Colorado. And one of the Prop 8 lawyers is headed back to court — this time, as a judge…
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Federal appeals court rejects Pa. clerk’s bid to appeal same-sex marriage ruling
PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court has rejected a county official’s bid to appeal a ruling that overturned Pennsylvania’s same-sex marriage ban. The Philadelphia-based U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Thursday denied Schuylkill County Orphans Court Clerk Theresa Santai-Gaffney’s request to intervene in the case.
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Pa. county extends same-sex marriage benefits deadline
PITTSBURGH — One western Pennsylvania county is pushing back a deadline for its employees to marry their same-sex partners in order for those partners to keep health care and other benefits.
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Pa. county to require same-sex couples to marry to retain benefits
PITTSBURGH — One western Pennsylvania county is cutting off benefits to same-sex partners of its employees unless they’re married. Allegheny County officials say they’re changing the policy now that a federal judge has allowed same-sex couples to marry in Pennsylvania. The county once limited benefits to those married to county employees…
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Judge rejects county clerk’s bid to appeal Pa. same-sex marriage ruling
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge who overturned Pennsylvania’s law banning same-sex marriage is rejecting a bid by a county official from eastern Pennsylvania to appeal it. U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III issued his decision Wednesday on the request by Schuylkill County Orphans Court Clerk Theresa Santai-Gaffney.