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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.

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.

OKLAHOMA CITY — In less than a month, two federal judges have struck down gay marriage bans in two conservative U.S. states for the same reason, concluding that they violate the Constitution’s promise of equal treatment under the law. Experts say the rulings could represent an emerging legal consensus that will carry the issue back […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Supporters of marriage equality in Tennessee say they are encouraged by recent federal court rulings in Utah and Oklahoma that struck down state limits on same-sex marriage.

SEATTLE — The Archdiocese of Seattle said Wednesday it won’t change its mind about rehiring a gay vice principal who was encouraged to leave a Seattle-area Catholic high school after school officials learned he had married his same-sex partner.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge in Louisville is weighing the fate of Kentucky’s ban on same sex marriages as similar laws around the country have been overturned.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma says lawmakers are taking their time deciding how they’ll vote on a proposed amendment that would ban gay marriage.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Lawyers on both sides of a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s 2012 prohibition of same-sex marriage say they are closely studying recent court rulings overturning similar bans in other states.

LAGOS, Nigeria — Amnesty International says Nigerian police have arrested 10 people suspected of being gay in four majority Christian southern states in the highly religious nation.

SHREVEPORT, La. — A City Council member in Shreveport has, for now, halted his effort to repeal an LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance.