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Third Circuit denies Pa. clerk’s bid for en banc hearing to fight gay marriage case
PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court has rejected a Pennsylvania county clerk’s latest effort to overturn a federal judge’s ruling allowing same-sex couples to marry in the state. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday denied a request by Theresa Santai-Gaffney, the Register of Wills and Orphans’ Court Clerk for …
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Pa. clerk seeks ‘en banc’ hearing in bid to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
POTTSVILLE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania county clerk seeking to overturn a federal judge’s ruling allowing same-sex couples to marry in the state, is now asking that the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit consider her bid to defend the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. Theresa Santai-Gaffney, the Register of Wills and Orphans’ Court Clerk for…
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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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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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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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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.
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County official asks judge to allow her to appeal Pa. gay marriage ruling
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A county official from eastern Pennsylvania is asking a federal judge to allow her to appeal his decision to overturn Pennsylvania’s law barring the recognition of same-sex marriage. Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration was defending the law, but declined to appeal Jones’ May 20 decision to strike it down.