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Federal court sets hearing to consider Wyoming same-sex marriage challenge
CASPER, Wyo. — A federal court hearing next week could enable same-sex couples to begin getting marriage licenses in Wyoming. Four same-sex couples and a gay-rights advocacy group filed suit Tuesday seeking the right to marry in Wyoming. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl will consider their request to decide immediately on gay marriage…
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Wyoming governor: Federal ruling doesn’t end state’s gay marriage ban
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming will continue to defend a state law that defines marriage as existing only between a man and a woman despite federal appeals court rulings upholding gay marriage in other states, Gov. Matt Mead said Wednesday.
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Wyoming gay marriages still on hold as new challenge is filed in federal court
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Lingering uncertainty over whether same-sex marriage is allowed in Wyoming prevented same-sex couples from marrying in the state Tuesday, prompting four couples to file a federal lawsuit a day after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld gay marriage by refusing to hear appeals on the issue.
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Same-sex marriage in Wyoming could come sooner than expected
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Same-sex marriage could become legal in Wyoming by year’s end after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit it.
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Marriage News Watch: More states waiting for Supreme Court on marriage rulings
A surprising reveal this week from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg about the court’s plans for taking up a marriage case — or maybe not taking up any. An Arkansas clerk breaks ranks with top state officials, declaring for the first time that the state’s marriage ban is unconstitutional. Plus: numerous states freeze their marriage lawsuits…
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Report: Marriage equality would add $2 million to Wyo. economy
Extending marriage to same-sex couples in Wyoming would generate an estimated $2.4 million in spending to the state’s economy, according to a new study. Researchers at the Williams Institute, an independent think tank at UCLA’s School of Law, estimates that — based on 2010 U.S. Census data — 657 same-sex couples live in Wyoming…
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Why is a state historical society honoring a discredited book about Matthew Shepard?
The Wyoming State Historical Society honored a book that asserts college student Matthew Shepard wasn’t murdered because he was gay, but was instead killed in a drug-related incident – even though the book relies on wild extrapolation and questionable or anonymous sources and has been denounced as “fictional” by lawyers and investigators involved in the case.
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Wyo. group submits 2,300 pro-marriage equality signatures to governor, AG
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Marriage equality proponents in Wyoming say they’ve delivered more than 2,300 signatures asking Gov. Matt Mead to quit defending a law that says marriage can only unite a man and a woman. Jeran Artery with the gay-rights advocacy group Wyoming Equality says he hopes Mead and Attorney General Peter Michael will take a close look …
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Wyo. judge allows challenge to state’s same-sex marriage ban to go forward
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A state judge declined Tuesday to suspend a lawsuit contesting a Wyoming law that specifies marriage is limited to one man and one woman. Instead, Laramie County District Court Judge Thomas Campbell said at a hearing he will consider any additional facts in the case and in November will either rule on the law on the spot or allow the case to go ahead.
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Wyoming same-sex couples seek ruling allowing marriage equality
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Four same-sex couples who have sued to gain the right to marry in Wyoming are asking a judge to immediately rule in their favor after a recent ruling by a federal appeals court. The couples filed suit in March in state district court in Cheyenne. They filed a motion for summary judgment Tuesday.