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49 Wisconsin counties now issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
MILWAUKEE — The latest count by The Associated Press shows clerks in 49 Wisconsin counties are issuing licenses to same-sex couples who want to get married. Hundreds of same-sex couples have wed in Wisconsin since Friday, when U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb declared the state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional.
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Judge limits lawsuit to officials who are blocking plaintiffs’ access to marriage
MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge has dismissed three defendants from the American Civil Liberties Union’s lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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ACLU will not seek injunction in Wis. marriage suit, asks for expedited decision
MADISON, Wis. — The plaintiffs in a lawsuit agreed Tuesday not to ask for a temporary halt to enforcement of Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage and asked a federal judge instead to expedite a decision on the overall case.
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Same-sex couples file federal lawsuit challenging Wis. gay marriage ban
MADISON, Wis. — A group of same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging Wisconsin’s ban on gay marriage, arguing the prohibition is unconstitutional and denies them civil rights married couples enjoy.
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Wis. Catholic church reconsiders, will not kick out local Boy Scout troop
ALTOONA, Wis. — A Boy Scout troop will be able to keep its home base at a Catholic church in Altoona. Catholic leaders have reconsidered a tentative decision to have Troop 90 look elsewhere for a place to meet after the Boy Scouts revised a membership policy to allow openly gay boys to join the scouting program.
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Pastor to gay Scouts: ‘No homosexual will enter the Kingdom of God’
Three more Boy Scout troops are looking for new meeting spaces after the Christian organizations that help support them have ended their relationships over the national organization’s decision to lift its long standing ban on openly gay youth.
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Discrimination complaint filed against Regis Catholic Schools
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — A New Mexico school principal has filed a discrimination complaint with Wisconsin state regulators against Regis Catholic Schools, contending it rescinded an offer to be its president because of unfounded speculation that he is gay.