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Ariz. AG advises cities on what they can include in civil union ordinances
PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne called city attorneys to his office Monday to give them advice on what they can include in civil union ordinances without running afoul of a state law banning same-sex marriage.
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Ariz. mining town puts civil unions on hold while it tweaks law
PHOENIX — The City Council in the southern Arizona community of Bisbee will rewrite a recently enacted civil union ordinance after being threatened with a lawsuit by the state Attorney General’s office, which said the ordinance ran afoul of a state ban on same-sex marriage.
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Lawmaker’s gay son doesn’t understand why people think his dad is a ‘bigot’
PHOENIX — Matt R. Salmon, the gay son of U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.), says it’s hard for him to understand why people “jump to the conclusion” that his father is anti-gay.
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Tempe, Ariz., city council to hear legal advice on same-sex civil unions
PHOENIX — Another Arizona city may consider whether to approve civil unions that could include same-sex couples. The Tempe City Council plans late Thursday to meet behind closed doors to get legal advice on civil unions.
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Ariz. AG says he’ll sue to block mining town from allowing civil unions
PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne will go to court to block the artists’ community of Bisbee from implementing a newly approved ordinance recognizing civil unions for same-sex couples, his office said Wednesday.
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Arizona town approves ordinance to allow civil unions for same-sex couples
BISBEE, Ariz. — The city council in a former mining community-turned-artist’s haven in rural southeastern Arizona voted Tuesday night to approve an ordinance to recognize civil unions for same-sex couples.
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Transgender Ariz. man denied divorce vows to keep fighting state
PHOENIX — A transgender Arizona man whose divorce request was rejected after his marriage was declared invalid plans to keep trying to get his 9-year union dissolved, saying Tuesday that he wants the three children to whom he gave birth to know their parents’ marriage was legitimate.
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Ariz. congressman’s gay son does not change his opposition to gay marriage
PHOENIX — U.S. Congressman Matt Salmon says he isn’t ready to change his opinion on same-sex marriage, despite the fact that he has an openly gay son.
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Sen. Jeff Flake doesn’t see himself evolving on the issue of gay marriage
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Jeff Flake says it is “inevitable” that his party will see one of its own run for president while supporting gay marriage, but doesn’t see himself “evolving” on the issue anytime soon.
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Ariz. judge refuses to grant divorce for transgender man
PHOENIX — An Arizona judge on Friday refused to grant a divorce for a transgender man who gave birth to three children after beginning to change his sex from female.