Page 30
-
Two more Ark. counties stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Two more Arkansas counties have stopped issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, saying they will wait to hear from the state’s highest court.
-
History shades Arkansas’ same-sex marriage debate
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Fifty-seven years after federal troops escorted nine black students into Little Rock’s Central High School as a white mob jeered, Arkansas again finds itself in the center of a debate over civil rights. This time, the issue is gay marriage, but the 1957 desegregation crisis still casts a shadow.
-
Ark. health department allows same-sex couples on birth certificates
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Department of Health is allowing same-sex couples to be listed as the parents on birth certificates after a judge struck down the state’s gay marriage ban.
-
Civilization on the move? A weekend’s memorable LGBT moments
It was an eventful weekend: An openly gay football player kissed his boyfriend on national TV after being drafted by the NFL; same-sex marriage arrived in the Bible Belt; a bearded drag performer won one of the biggest TV song competitions in the world.
-
Four Ark. counties ask court to suspend same-sex marriage ruling
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Four Arkansas counties are asking the state’s highest court to suspend a judge’s ruling striking down the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
-
Mike Huckabee: Impeach judge who struck down same-sex marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says lawmakers in his home state should impeach a judge who struck down the state’s gay marriage ban, saying the judge ignored the will of voters.
-
Court gives gay marriage plaintiffs until Tuesday to respond to stay request
The Arkansas Supreme Court has responded to Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s request of Judge Chris Piazza’s ruling overturning the same-sex marriage ban by giving plaintiffs until noon Tuesday to respond.
-
Carroll County, Ark., stops issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. — After issuing marriage licenses to 15 same-sex couples on Saturday, and about a dozen on Monday, the Carroll County clerk’s office says it will now just issue licenses that include a man and a woman.
-
Ark. AG asks state’s high court to stop same-sex couples from marrying
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has asked the state’s highest court to suspend a judge’s ruling striking down the state’s gay marriage ban.
-
First same-sex marriage licenses issued in Little Rock, three other counties
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Dozens of same-sex couples, some of whom waited in line overnight, received licenses to marry from county clerks Monday, while lawyers for the state of Arkansas asked its highest court to suspend an order gutting a constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage.