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Marriage issue complicates immigration, motherhood for Tennessee couple
When Valeria Tanco and Sophy Jesty began dating during post-graduate veterinary training at Cornell University, their relationship faced more than the usual run of hurdles.
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Tennessee breaks ranks, tells Supreme Court to stay out of marriage debate
Tennessee argues that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit got it right when it upheld same-sex marriage bans, and that there is no need for Supreme Court Justices to step in now.
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Michigan, Kentucky couples take gay marriage cases to U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — A same-sex couple from Michigan is putting the question of the right to marry nationwide squarely before the Supreme Court. The couple’s plea to be allowed to marry was being filed Monday. It asks the justices to hold that state laws prohibiting same-sex couples from getting married violate “our nation’s most cherished and essential guarantees.”
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Plaintiffs in Tennessee marriage case appeal ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Three same-sex couples challenging Tennessee’s ban on same-sex marriage and refusal to recognize their out-of-state marriages, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to hear their case after the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that state marriage bans do not violate the U.S. Constitution.
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Joy, dismay as gay marriage advocates, opponents assess 6th Circuit ruling
One side was euphoric, the other dismayed, but both foes and supporters of same-sex marriage swiftly turned their attention to the U.S. Supreme Court after an against-the-grain appeals court ruling upheld bans or restrictions on gay marriage in four states. The 2-1 ruling Thursday by the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — affecting […]
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AUDIO: Tennessee same-sex marriage ban faces federal appeals court
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A three-judge panel is now considering whether Tennessee’s law barring recognition of same-sex marriages is constitutional. Attorneys representing multiple gay couples told judges from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Wednesday that’s there’s no rational reason for barring same-sex marriage. Lawyers from the…
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A summary of same-sex marriage cases before the Sixth Circuit appeals court
The Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in six gay marriage fights from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday, setting the stage for one ruling. Each case deals with whether statewide gay marriage bans violate the Constitution. A look at the cases:
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Federal appeals courts prepare to hear slew of same-sex marriage cases
CINCINNATI — Federal appeals courts covering nearly half the United States will soon hear arguments on whether gay and lesbian couples have a right to marry, part of a slew of cases putting pressure on the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a final verdict. If the appeals courts continue the unbroken eight-month streak of rulings in favor of gay marriage, that could make…
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Oral arguments set in appeal of Michigan, three other states same-sex marriage rulings
DETROIT — Oral arguments have been scheduled by a federal appeals court in the appeals of same-sex marriage rulings in Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. The Cincinnati-based U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said in a court filing Monday that it would hear arguments in the cases on August 6.
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Appeals court stays ruling that Tenn. recognize marriages of three gay couples
A federal appeals court has issued a stay in a district court’s ruling that the state of Tennessee must recognize the legal out-of-state marriages of three same-sex couples .