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Michigan same-sex marriage challenge began as an adoption case
April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse initially went to court to jointly adopt each other’s children, not to confront Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban. Three years later, the Detroit-area nurses sometimes can’t buy groceries without supporters recognizing them and giving a hug.
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Funeral director speaks up for the deceased and their loved ones in marriage case
Robert Grunn, a Cincinnati gay man who’s been a licensed funeral director for more than two decades, joined cases now before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking recognition of same-sex marriage in Ohio and other states.
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California couple become part of Tennessee same-sex marriage challenge
Johno Espejo and Matthew Mansell moved from the San Francisco Bay area to Franklin, Tenn., in 2012 for Mansell’s job at an international law firm. Their neighbors were friendly, Mansell says, but the family couldn’t go out in public without being stared at.
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What would happen to their son if something happens to them?
An impending birth prompted Brittani Henry and Brittni Rogers to get married. Worries about what the future holds pushed them to join legal cases now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Two Kellys raising their baby as loving, if not legal, parents
Kelly Noe and Kelly McCracken say they give their baby daughter a lot of love. They want the nation’s highest court to give them more legal status.
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Widowed with 3 kids, Ohio man joins same-sex marriage case
David Michener had planned on raising a family with two dads. He and William Ives, a couple for 18 years, had adopted three children and were bringing them up in Cincinnati when they got married in Delaware in 2013.
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Together 35 years, waiting for the right to marry
Timothy Love’s heart problem made him acutely aware of the barriers still standing against his three-decade relationship with Larry Ysunza.
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Hillary Clinton supports Supreme Court ruling in favor of nationwide marriage equality
Hillary Clinton supports a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court granting the right of same-sex couples to marry across the nation, a campaign spokesperson said Wednesday.
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There are a lot of terrible arguments against same-sex marriage, but this may be the worst
The Supreme Court must not protect gay couples’ marriages, because doing so would demean marriages between gay men and their wives.
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15 states urge U.S. Supreme Court to uphold same-sex marriage bans
Eight states where same-sex couples can marry are among 15 states urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold same-sex marriage bans and leave the matter to voters and lawmakers.