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Alabama judge grants divorce to gay couple amid halt to same-sex marriages
Madison County, Ala., Circuit Judge Karen Hall granted a divorce to a same-sex couple on Thursday, a year after denying the same request.
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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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Missouri Supreme Court says lower courts can consider same-sex divorce cases
A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge should not have dismissed a request to divorce a same-sex couple, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, but didn’t decide on the broader issue of whether judges can grant divorces to gay couples.
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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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Ky. judge grants same-sex divorce because ‘all people should be treated as equals’
A judge in Kentucky has granted a divorce to a same-sex couple despite the fact the state doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage.
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Florida court won’t allow divorce for same-sex couple who married in Iowa
The court ruled that a same-sex couple married in Iowa cannot get a divorce in Florida in a case that did not challenge the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Ohio judge vacates couple’s divorce because their marriage isn’t recognized
An Ohio judge who mistakenly approved a divorce between two women vacated his decision because their marriage isn’t recognized under state law.
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Judge in Broward County, Florida, grants state’s first same-sex divorce
Circuit Judge Dale Cohen on Wednesday dissolved the marriage of Heather Brassner and Megan Lade, who were united in a 2002 civil union in Vermont.
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Same-sex couple’s divorce hearing set before Broward County judge
A judge in Broward County who found Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional has set a hearing to finalize the divorce of a gay couple.
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Report: More lesbians marry than do gay men, gays have lower divorce rate
Almost two-thirds of all same-sex couples who entered legal relationships are female, and overall the divorce rate for gay couples is significantly lower than opposite sex couples.