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Judge: Married same-sex couple can’t divorce in Alabama
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A judge ruled Wednesday that two women who were legally married in Iowa can’t divorce in Alabama, which doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages.
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Klingenschmitt: Jesus would command married gay couples to get divorced
Former Navy chaplain Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt says Christian chaplains can never provide counseling to gay couples, other than to order them to divorce … which is just what Jesus would do.
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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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Texas Supreme Court hears arguments in same-sex divorce case
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether the state can grant divorces to gay couples married elsewhere despite its own constitutional ban on gay marriage, in one of the first serious challenges to that 2005 amendment.
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Texas Supreme Court tackles whether state can grant same-sex divorces
AUSTIN, Texas — The issues of same-sex marriage and divorce are set to go before the Texas Supreme Court.
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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.
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Texas high court to consider state jurisdiction over same-sex divorces
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court says it will consider whether the state has jurisdiction over same-sex divorces and the constitutionality of the state’s law banning same-sex marriage.
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Colo. won’t allow gay marriage, but grants same-sex couple a divorce
DENVER — Colorado’s first recognized same-sex divorce is final. Supporters of Colorado’s new civil unions law say the court ruling sets a precedent for gay couples married in other states who want to legally terminate their relationships here without uprooting their lives.
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Texas judge enforces ‘morality clause’ to split up lesbian couple
McKINNEY, Texas — A Texas judge has invoked a “morality clause” in a lesbian mother’s divorce from her husband, requiring that the woman’s current partner of three years vacate their home “in the interest and welfare” of the divorced couple’s children.