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Divorce granted to Mississippi same-sex couple after 2 years
Two years after their divorce filing got tangled up in Mississippi‘s efforts to prevent same-sex marriage, a judge dissolved the legal union of Lauren Czekala-Chatham and Dana Ann Melancon.
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‘No constitutional basis’: Mississippi Supreme Court narrowly grants same-sex divorce
The Mississippi Supreme Court voted to allow a lesbian couple to seek a divorce — even as two justices claimed The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling has no constitutional basis.
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Mississippi justices say gay marriage ban should be declared unconstitutional
Two Mississippi Supreme Court justices said Thursday that the court should find the state’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and not wait for a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Mississippi Supreme Court hears arguments over same-sex divorce
The Mississippi attorney general’s office told the court that the state can’t grant a divorce to same-sex couple because their marriage is void in Mississippi.
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Mississippi Supreme Court schedules arguments in same-sex divorce case
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments Jan. 21 from a woman who wants the state to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce.
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Same-sex couple’s divorce case before Mississippi Supreme Court
JACKSON, Miss. — The attorney for a woman who wants the state of Mississippi to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce says his client’s case is on a parallel track to the efforts in federal court to overturn the state’s ban on gay marriage.
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ACLU seeks to file brief in Mississippi same-sex couple’s divorce case
JACKSON, Miss. — The American Civil Liberties Union wants to file a brief in support of a woman who wants the state of Mississippi to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce. The Mississippi Supreme Court has not ruled on the motion filed Thursday. It’s unclear if the court will hear oral arguments or when it might rule….
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Miss. governor intervenes in same-sex couple’s divorce case
JACKSON, Miss. — Gov. Phil Bryant is intervening in a case involving a Mississippi woman who wants the state to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce. Bryant, represented by Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, is opposing the woman’s appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
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Judge refuses to grant gay couple’s divorce, says marriage isn’t recognized
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi judge on Monday refused to grant a divorce to a lesbian couple who got married in California, saying the marriage wasn’t recognized under state law, according to the woman who filed and her lawyer.
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In some states, gay rights battle extends to the right to divorce
HERNANDO, Miss. — Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham wants to force Mississippi, one of the America’s most conservative states, to recognize her same-sex marriage. She hopes to do so by getting a divorce.
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Woman asks Miss. to recognize her same-sex marriage so she can divorce
JACKSON, Miss. — A woman is asking the conservative state of Mississippi to recognize her out-of-state gay marriage so that she can get a divorce.