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Ariz. legislature approves bill allowing religious discrimination against gays
PHOENIX — The GOP-dominated Arizona House has approved a bill that would expand people’s rights to claim their religious beliefs as a basis for refusing service to gays and others.
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Ariz. House debates bill allowing discrimination against gays
PHOENIX — The Arizona House is set to debate a bill backed by Republicans that expands the rights of people to assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays and others.
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Ariz. Senate approves bill allowing religious discrimination against gays
PHOENIX — The Arizona Senate has passed a Republican-backed bill that expands the rights of people to assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays and others.
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Ariz. House panel OKs bill allowing discrimination based on religious beliefs
PHOENIX — An Arizona House panel on Tuesday approved changes to a proposed law beefing up protections for businesses that assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays and others, but the changes didn’t placate critics who call the bill a way to allow discrimination.
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Ten attorneys general file brief supporting Nev. same-sex marriage ban
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes and top law officers from nine other states are fighting a lawsuit challenging Nevada’s same-sex marriage ban, arguing no fundamental right to same-sex marriage exists.
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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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Attorney hopes to see Ariz. same-sex marriage lawsuit decided in 2014
PHOENIX — An attorney who filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Arizona’s same-sex marriage ban said Tuesday he hopes to get a decision from a federal judge before the U.S. Supreme Court rules on any similar challenge from another state.
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Four couples file federal lawsuit seeking marriage equality in Arizona
PHOENIX — Four couples have filed a federal class-action lawsuit seeking to make same-sex marriage legal in Arizona. The suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court claims a voter-approved ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.
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Federal court certifies Ariz. same-sex partners benefits case as class action
PHOENIX, Ariz. — The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona has certified as a class action Lambda Legal’s lawsuit on behalf of lesbian and gay Arizona state employees fighting a move by the Arizona Legislature to eliminate health care coverage for their families.
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Cottonwood latest Ariz. city to approve same-sex civil unions
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The City of Cottonwood has joined a handful of Arizona communities in approving civil unions.