Appleton WI
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Church cuts ties with Appleton Boy Scouts over gay adult leaders
Saturday, February 27, 2016Faith 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. -
49 Wisconsin counties now issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
Tuesday, June 10, 2014MILWAUKEE -- 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,… -
Federal appeals court wants briefs in Wis. same-sex marriage stay request
Tuesday, June 10, 2014MADISON, 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… -
More than half of all Wisconsin counties now issuing same-sex marriage licenses
Monday, June 9, 2014More 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.… -
Judge delays action on AG request to halt same-sex marriages in Wisconsin
Monday, June 9, 2014MILWAUKEE -- 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,… -
Gay couples convince Appleton, Wis., clerk to issue marriage licenses
Monday, June 9, 2014APPLETON, 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… -
Wis. Supreme Court hears challenge to state’s domestic partner registry
Wednesday, October 23, 2013MADISON, Wis. -- Conservative attorneys are trying to persuade the Wisconsin Supreme Court to wipe out the state's domestic partner registry. -
Appleton, Wis., adopts rules banning LGBT housing discrimination
Friday, September 6, 2013APPLETON, Wis. — Appleton becomes the third city in Wisconsin to adopt rules against housing discrimination based on gender identity.
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