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Four Ark. counties again asking court to suspend same-sex marriage ruling
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Four Arkansas counties are again asking the state’s highest court to suspend a judge’s ruling striking down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Ark. lawmaker wants resolution calling for reversal of gay marriage ruling
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas lawmaker says he’ll ask his colleagues to pass a resolution urging the state Supreme Court to uphold a gay marriage ban and invalidate hundreds of marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples.
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Ark. judge strikes down all state laws banning same-sex marriage
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A judge cleared the way on Thursday for gay marriages to resume in Arkansas, striking down all state laws that prevent same-sex couples from marrying.
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Attorneys for same-sex couples in Arkansas ask court for broader ruling
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Attorneys for a group of same-sex couples are asking a judge to clarify that he intended to strike down all Arkansas laws prohibiting same-sex marriage when he voided the state’s ban last week.
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Ark. gay marriages come to a halt after Supreme Court declines to stay ruling
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the state attorney general’s request to put on hold a ruling that overturned Arkansas’ constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, but the short-lived ability for same-sex couples to wed in the state still came to a halt amid confusion about what comes next.
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Arkansas AG again seeks court stay on same-sex marriage ruling
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas attorney general’s office on Wednesday again pressed the state’s highest court to suspend a judge’s decision striking down a gay marriage ban, saying the ruling last week has led to “pervasive” confusion among clerks about whether they can grant licenses to same-sex couples.
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HRC kicks-off campaign for LGBT equality laws in three southern states
JACKSON, Miss. — The national LGBT advocacy group, the Human Rights Campaign, plans to seek anti-discrimination state laws to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people in Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.
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Arkansas counties issue 400 marriage licenses to same-sex couples so far
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Clerks in Fayetteville and Little Rock granted marriage licenses to 117 gay couples on Tuesday, pushing the total to 400 since a judge tossed out the state’s ban on same-sex marriages.
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Attorneys ask Ark. Supreme Court not to suspend same-sex marriage ruling
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Attorneys for a group of same-sex couples are asking Arkansas’ highest court to reject efforts to suspend a judge’s ruling striking down the state’s gay marriage ban.
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Ark. governor: State supreme court should decide marriage validity
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says it’ll be up to the state’s high court to decide whether hundreds of marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples are valid while the state defends its gay marriage ban.