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Marriage News Watch: Dec. 15, 2014
New research shows why marriage equality has been so successful so fast. Plus, a recap of last week’s marriage equality developments.
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Lawyers in South Carolina gay marriage case want state to pay legal fees
Lawyers are seeking reimbursement of $150,000 in legal fees to fight the ban after the state continued to deny same-sex marriages despite a 4th Circuit Court ruling.
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S.C. says marriage rulings make gay couple’s name change lawsuit moot
South Carolina officials say a lawsuit against the Department of Motor Vehicles is moot now that gay couples can marry.
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S.C. lawmaker wants to protect officials for refusing same-sex marriage licenses
A South Carolina lawmaker is proposing a bill to protect officials for refusing same-sex marriage licenses based on religious beliefs
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South Carolina to take same-sex marriage case to U.S. Supreme Court
State officials in South Carolina notified a federal appeals court Monday that they plan to ask the Supreme Court to hear an appeal on the issue of same-sex marriage, in advance of any decision by the appeals court.
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South Carolina state agencies begin recognizing same-sex marriages
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Government agencies in South Carolina began recognizing gay marriages on Thursday, extending health care coverage to the spouses and children of same-sex couples who work for the state. Residents can also now change their last name on their driver’s license to their partner’s, as long as, like any couple, they have a marriage license.
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U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block same-sex marriages in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to block gay marriages in South Carolina but Attorney General Alan Wilson said the issue is still not settled. The court denied Wilson’s request to prevent the marriages while he appeals last week’s decision by a federal judge tossing out the state constitutional ban on gay marriage.
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S.C. Supreme Court lifts injunction that blocked same-sex marriage licenses
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court has lifted an injunction that prohibited the state’s probate judges from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Judge issues first same-sex marriage licenses in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A judge issued the first same-sex marriage licenses in South Carolina on Wednesday, even as the state attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and block the unions. Judge Irvin Condon’s office handed out six licenses in the first 90 minutes the Charleston County Probate Court office was open…
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South Carolina AG to ask U.S. Supreme Court to block same-sex marriages
CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says he will go to the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent same-sex marriages from beginning in the state on Thursday.