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RICHMOND, Va. — Following a seismic political shift in Virginia, the new attorney general has concluded that the state’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, and on Thursday he joined a lawsuit challenging it.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers seeking a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in the state looked for traction in a House of Representatives committee on Wednesday, one week after the measure unexpectedly faltered in a different committee.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California state Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins of San Diego has been chosen by her Democratic colleagues to succeed Speaker John A. Pérez as the next Speaker of the Assembly.

INDIANAPOLIS — The chairman of the House Elections Committee has expelled an opponent of the proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage from a second House hearing on the measure.

BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge says Idaho’s attorney general can intervene in a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, even though Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter is already a party in the case.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The state of Nevada on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to uphold the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, arguing it serves the “legitimate purpose of preserving traditional marriage” and is entrenched in the state’s history.

HOUSTON — Houston mayor Annise Parker is firing back at Republicans who say her marriage to longtime partner last week was politically motivated.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon called on the state’s Republican-led Legislature to pass legislation to prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.

BAUCHI, Nigeria — Thousands of protesters threw stones into the Shariah court in a north Nigerian city Wednesday, urging the speedy convictions and executions of 11 men arrested for belonging to gay organizations.

KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan court on Wednesday ordered the deportation of a British man facing criminal charges related to images of him having sex with another man.