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Ark. AG rejects proposed language for gay marriage ballot petition
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ attorney general said Tuesday that a proposed petition that would put a gay-marriage ballot question before voters in 2016 was ambiguous in a number of places and would need to be reworked before its backers can collect signatures.
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Federal judge recuses from Ark. gay marriage challenge
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge is recusing from a case challenging Arkansas’ ban on gay marriage, citing friendships with supporters of the amendment that voters approved banning same-sex unions.
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Couples file federal lawsuit to overturn Ark. ban on same-sex marriage
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An attorney for three same-sex couples has filed a federal lawsuit, asking a judge to overturn Arkansas’ ban on gay marriage.
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Economic development official: Gay marriage will help Arkansas economy
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The argument by Arkansas’ top economic development official and advocates that legalizing gay marriage would lure business to the state isn’t likely to sway Republicans united in their opposition to same-sex unions. But it could nudge top Democrats who appear just as opposed to the idea.
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Ark. AG rejects language of proposed repeal of anti-gay marriage amendment
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ attorney general rejected a proposal Friday to repeal the state constitution’s ban on gay marriage, saying the ballot measure’s wording could mislead voters into believing it would automatically legalize same-sex unions.
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Ark. group submits proposal for 2016 vote to repeal gay marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A group has asked Arkansas’ attorney general to approve the wording of a measure legalizing gay marriage for the 2016 ballot.
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Ark. economic development chief backs effort to legalize same-sex marriage
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ top economic development official on Monday called for legalizing gay marriage and said that treating same sex couples equally under the law could make the state a leader in the South and attract new business.
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Eleven same-sex couples file lawsuit to overturn Ark. gay marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A group of 11 same-sex couples from Arkansas on Tuesday asked a judge to overturn the state’s ban on gay marriage, the latest effort aimed at repealing the amendment after recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings supporting gay couples.
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Arkansas group seeks to overturn state’s ban on same-sex marriage
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A group is asking the Arkansas attorney general’s office to approve language for a ballot measure next year that would repeal the state’s ban on gay marriage.
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How my exclusion from speaking at my school’s graduation led to healing
I remember vividly, a moment as a thirteen or fourteen-year-old Arkansas kid, sitting on a pew at the First Baptist Church. While the preacher delivered his message, I was busy praying. I was asking God to make me bisexual. Not for acceptance, and not for fear of sinning, but because for my young, sheltered mind, it was the only way to one day become a father. Often in small, southern towns like mine, people manipulate religion to cause turmoil for LGBT people, and anti-gay folk hold the Bible up as the reason for their intolerance…