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Hopeful observers line up outside Supreme Court to witness same-sex marriage cases
WASHINGTON — A line has begun forming outside the U.S. Supreme Court for people who want to attend next week’s arguments in two same-sex marriage cases.
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Nation’s most influential pediatricians group supports marriage equality
CHICAGO — The nation’s most influential pediatrician’s group has endorsed same-sex marriage, saying a stable relationship between parents regardless of sexual orientation contributes to a child’s health and well-being.
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U.S. Supreme Court to release same-day audio recordings of marriage cases
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it will release audio recordings of next week’s arguments in two same-sex marriage cases just a few hours after they conclude.
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Obama administration lawyer to take part in Prop 8 arguments at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to let an Obama administration lawyer take part in the argument on March 26 on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage in that state.
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NOM chair: ‘Second-best’ remark ‘grossly misrepresents’ my views on adoption
National Organization for Marriage board chairman John Eastman on Friday said comments he made to the Associated Press earlier this week “grossly misrepresents” his views on adoption.
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Diverse U.S. Supreme Court justices, families mirror country
The varied family portraits of the U.S. Supreme Court justices are somewhat at odds with the arguments of gay marriage opponents who stress the unique ability of heterosexual couples to have babies as a reason to uphold bans on same-sex marriage.
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Gay couples could see windfalls from U.S. Supreme Court action
SAN FRANCISCO — For Mina Meyer and Sharon Raphael, two women in their 70s who fell in love more than four decades ago and have been married for more than four years, the U.S. Supreme Court’s pending consideration of a law that prohibits the federal government from recognizing unions like theirs is about more than civil rights.
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Clinton: I signed DOMA to ‘defuse a movement’ toward ban on gay marriage
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a law he signed that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
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Attorneys in historic same-sex marriage case sign book deal
NEW YORK — The bipartisan legal team leading the fight for same-sex marriage has a book deal. Democrat David Boies and Republican Theodore B. Olson have signed with Viking for “A Just Cause: Law, Love, and the Case for Marriage Equality.”
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Democrats urge Supreme Court to overturn anti-gay marriage law
WASHINGTON — More than 200 congressional Democrats are urging the Supreme Court to overturn a key provision of the federal law against gay marriage.