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Courts make no immediate decisions in Arkansas’ same-sex marriage cases
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Supreme Court justices questioned Thursday whether banning gay marriage is constitutional just because voters overwhelmingly wanted to a decade ago, even if the restriction conflicts with other fundamental rights. Opponents and supporters of the 2004 constitutional amendment defining marriage as between …
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Arkansas Supreme Court takes up same-sex marriage case
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Supreme Court justices questioned Thursday whether banning same-sex marriage is constitutional just because voters approved it a decade ago, even if the restriction conflicts with rights outlined in the state’s constitution.
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Two courts set to take up same-sex marriage in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arguments are set in two Arkansas courtrooms on whether the state should drop its prohibition against same-sex marriages.
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‘19 Kids’ star Josh Duggar leads anti-gay marriage rally at Arkansas capitol
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Opponents of same-sex marriage rallied at the Arkansas state Capitol on Wednesday, demanding that the state Supreme Court not overturn a 2004 ballot measure that defines marriage in Arkansas as being between one man and one woman.
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Arkansas same-sex marriage ban heading to state, federal courts this week
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ highest court and a federal judge will hear arguments this week over the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, a decade after voters approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Attorneys for the state and a group of gay couples are scheduled to appear before the …
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Arkansas same-sex marriage ban to hit two courts on same day
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ highest court will hear oral arguments in a case challenging the state’s gay marriage ban on the same day a federal judge takes up a separate case over the prohibition.
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Arkansas AG says he doesn’t object to expediting same-sex marriage case
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas attorney general’s office says it doesn’t object to the state’s highest court moving quickly on a lawsuit challenging a gay marriage ban. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s office on Tuesday told the Arkansas Supreme Court it doesn’t object to a request by a group of same-sex couples challenging the ban…
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Federal judge sets hearing in challenge to Arkansas gay marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge has set a hearing for next month in a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ gay marriage ban. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker on Monday scheduled a Nov. 20 hearing over competing motions in the lawsuit challenging a 2004 constitutional amendment and earlier laws defining marriage…
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Federal judge won’t delay challenge to Arkansas same-sex marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge has denied Arkansas’ request to delay proceedings in a lawsuit challenging the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel earlier this year asked the court to put the case on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case involving Utah’s gay marriage ban…
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Arkansas Supreme Court rejects AG’s request to delay gay marriage case
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court has refused to delay proceedings in a lawsuit challenging the legality of the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Earlier this year, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel asked the court to put the case on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court rules in challenges involving other states…