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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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Minn. gubernatorial hopeful says he’ll support civil unions, not gay marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. — An Orono, Minn., businessman angling to be the next governor of Minnesota, says he supports civil unions for gay couples but wouldn’t back same-sex marriage if faced with a bill legalizing it.
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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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Orrin Hatch supports civil unions as an option to preserve ‘traditional marriage’
U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) says be supports legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples as a means of preserving “traditional marriage” for heterosexual couples.
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Group of Minn. House Democrats key to passage of same-sex marriage bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. — When it comes to legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota, supporters have the appearance of momentum: voters rejected a constitutional ban last fall, public opinion shows growing approval and each day seems to bring another national politician flocking to their cause.
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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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Minn. Republicans introduce civil unions bill to derail gay marriage effort
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A group of Minnesota Republicans introduced a bill Wednesday to let gay couples join in civil unions, calling it an alternative to same-sex marriage that could end a corrosive fight on the issue.
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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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Minn. GOP lawmaker says he’ll push civil unions as alternative to gay marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Republican state lawmaker is introducing a bill to establish civil unions for Minnesota gay couples as an alternative to legalizing same-sex marriage.
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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.