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Ariz. Senate panel approves bill to allow discrimination based on religious beliefs
PHOENIX — An Arizona Senate committee gave initial approval Thursday to a bill allowing people to claim that their religious beliefs led them to refuse service to gays or others.
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Parole granted for Va. transgender inmate seeking sex-change surgery
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia prison inmate who has asked a federal judge to force the state to pay for a sex-change operation has been granted parole, the chairman of the Virginia Parole Board said Thursday.
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Utah governor flooded with calls, letters for and against same-sex marriage
SALT LAKE CITY — More than 2,700 calls, emails and letters flooded the Utah governor’s office in the days and weeks after a surprise ruling legalized gay marriage in the state.
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Utah to pay outside attorneys $300K to help defend same-sex marriage ban
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah will spend $300,000 to bring in a team of three outside attorneys to help defend the state’s same-sex marriage ban before a federal appeals court.
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Advocates hopeful rulings spell doom for Neb. gay marriage, civil unions ban
OMAHA, Neb. — In the wake of recent rulings by federal judges to strike down state bans on same-sex marriage, marriage equality advocates are hoping to strike a similar blow to Nebraska’s strict ban that forbids even same-sex civil unions.
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Married same-sex couples in Utah can jointly file state tax returns
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah state officials say newly-married gay and lesbian couples can jointly file their taxes for 2013.
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Nigeria gay crackdown: 1 man flogged, 10 others face possible death by stoning
BAUCHI, Nigeria — An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has convicted one man and sentenced him to 20 lashes for having sex with another man, and 10 Muslim men could face death by stoning if also convicted of the crime of homosexuality.
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Ohio appeals ruling that state recognize gay marriages on death certificates
CINCINNATI — Ohio authorities have appealed a federal judge’s ruling ordering them to recognize gay marriages on death certificates.
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Catholic archbishop ‘profoundly disappointed’ in Okla. marriage ruling
OKLAHOMA CITY — The archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City says he’s “profoundly disappointed” in a federal judge’s ruling that struck down Oklahoma’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.
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Attorneys say Utah, Okla., rulings could influence challenge in W.Va.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An attorney whose group is challenging West Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriages says she’s encouraged by recent federal rulings overturning such prohibitions in Oklahoma and Utah.