… Charleston, S.C., shortly after filing a federal lawsuit seeking the right to marry in South Carolina. On Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, a probate judge began issuing same-sex marriage …

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina‘s chief prosecutor says the state shouldn’t have to pay legal fees for a couple …

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A transgender South Carolina teenager who was told to remove her makeup for a driver’s license photo has settled her lawsuit over the incident …

RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has consolidated the two South Caroling marriage cases and granted the state’s motion to put the appeals …

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The attorneys whose lawsuit helped open the way for same-sex marriage in South Carolina want a federal judge to order the state to reimburse them more …

State officials in South Carolina notified a federal appeals court Monday that they plan to ask the Supreme Court to hear an appeal on the issue of same-sex marriage …

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Government agencies in South Carolina began recognizing same-sex marriages on Thursday, giving health care coverage to the spouses and children of same-sex couples. Residents can …

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to block gay marriages in South Carolina but Attorney …

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — A judge issued the first same-sex marriage licenses and a couple was married in South Carolina on Wednesday, even as …

CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says he will go to the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent same-sex marriages from beginning in the state on …

… appeals court on Tuesday cleared the way for same-sex couples to be married in South Carolina beginning this week – at least for now.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court …

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Gay marriages should be allowed to proceed in South Carolina because the state is unlikely to win its appeal to block them and has not shown it …

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has asked a federal appeals court to put on hold a judge’s order allowing gay marriage in the state, warning …

… sex marriages in Virginia unconstitutional. All the states in the circuit, with the exception of South Carolina, now permit same-sex marriages.
But Wilson says South Carolina‘s marriage laws …

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal judge on Wednesday struck down South Carolina‘s same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional, opening the door to such …

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal judge has dismissed Gov. Nikki Haley as a defendant in a lawsuit challenging South Carolina‘s ban on same-sex marriage.
Gov. Nikki Haley (R …

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal judge should dismiss a challenge to South Carolina‘s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage following last week’s federal appeals court ruling upholding such …

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Although no hearings have yet been set, the legal maneuvering continues in federal cases brought by gay couples seeking to be married in South Carolina or have …

… Oct. 15, 2014, shortly after filing a federal lawsuit seeking the right to marry in South Carolina.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal judge in Charleston could rule as early as …

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Another lawsuit has been filed by people who say South Carolina officials refused to let them use a same-sex spouse’s family name on a driver …