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Ex-Iowa official guilty of fraud in issuing marriage license to Fla. couple
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A former rural Iowa court official pleaded guilty Monday to forgery for filing false documents to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple from central Florida, in the first case of its kind in Iowa.
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Transgender Ariz. man denied divorce vows to keep fighting state
PHOENIX — A transgender Arizona man whose divorce request was rejected after his marriage was declared invalid plans to keep trying to get his 9-year union dissolved, saying Tuesday that he wants the three children to whom he gave birth to know their parents’ marriage was legitimate.
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Ariz. judge refuses to grant divorce for transgender man
PHOENIX — An Arizona judge on Friday refused to grant a divorce for a transgender man who gave birth to three children after beginning to change his sex from female.
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Transgender man who gave birth hits snag in Arizona divorce proceeding
An Arizona man who gained national attention for giving birth after having a sex-change operation, has hit a snag in his divorce proceedings because the presiding judge has questioned whether the marriage was ever legal in Arizona because he is transgender.
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Massachusetts court rules Vermont ‘civil union’ equal to marriage in divorce proceeding
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court — the state’s highest appellate court — ruling in a case regarding divorce proceedings, said that a civil union in Vermont is “the equivalent of marriage in the Commonwealth.”
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Maryland high court: Same-sex couple married out of state may seek divorce
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, on Friday ruled that same-sex couples married out of state are legally permitted to seek a divorce in the state, even though Maryland does not yet permit same-sex marriages.
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Gay groups make religious individuals feel like ‘second class citizens’
Though I should be surprised, I have found myself expecting the National Organization for Marriage to make outlandish and ridiculous statements. In today’s episode of “what did NOM say,” I give you the repeat of “NOM becomes a victim.”
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Wyoming Supreme Court ruling will allow state jurisdiction in same-sex divorces
The Wyoming Supreme Court this week ruled the state’s courts have jurisdiction to grant the divorce of a lesbian couple who were legally married in Canada.
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Several Minnesota legislators seeking to ‘protect’ traditional marriage, are divorced
A new report by The American Independent indicates that several key Minnesota state legislators who say they want to protect marriage, are divorced.
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Jim McGreevey: too much of a ‘jackass’ to join gay-welcoming Episcopal clergy
Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, who resigned following revelations he was gay and having an extramarital affair with a male staffer, has been denied admission to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church.