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He said he was “a little ignorant” that the word fa***t is a slur, so he handed out letters with hate speech to “explain” himself.

Faith Lutheran Church has notified the Boy Scouts that its beliefs no longer align with the church and that it will need a new location by June 1.

MILWAUKEE — The latest count by The Associated Press shows clerks in 49 Wisconsin counties are issuing licenses to same-sex couples who want to get married. Hundreds of same-sex couples have wed in Wisconsin since Friday, when U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb declared the state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional.

MADISON, Wis. — It looks like a federal appeals court won’t rule on whether to halt same-sex marriages in Wisconsin until at least Wednesday. Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has asked the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to issue an emergency stay to halt same-sex marriages while he appeals.

More than half of the counties in Wisconsin are issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. County clerk offices in 41 of the state’s 72 counties told The Associated Press on Monday that they were issuing licenses. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb in Madison struck down the ban Friday in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit challenging the prohibition.

MILWAUKEE — Same-sex couples in Wisconsin convinced some county clerks to give them licenses Monday so they could wed before an expected hold on a judge’s decision declaring the state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional. Other clerks, however, refused to act without an order from the court or state, which is appealing the judge’s decision.

APPLETON, Wis. — The county clerk in Appleton is accepting applications for marriage licenses from same-sex couples after nearly 100 people refused to leave her office without completing forms. Outagamie County Clerk Lori O’Bright initially told couples Monday morning that she would wait for direction from the state before issuing licenses to gay couples.

MADISON, Wis. — Conservative attorneys are trying to persuade the Wisconsin Supreme Court to wipe out the state’s domestic partner registry.

APPLETON, Wis. — Appleton becomes the third city in Wisconsin to adopt rules against housing discrimination based on gender identity.