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Key legal test approaches for Arkansas LGBT measure
Arkansas is one of three GOP-controlled states that explicitly bans cities and counties from enacting laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination.
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Arkansas town votes to uphold LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance
Residents in Eureka Springs, a town known both for its 66-foot-tall Jesus statue and for being a gay-friendly tourist destination, voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to uphold the anti-discrimination ordinance.
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Arkansas town votes on LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance
Eureka Springs voters are casting ballots Tuesday on whether to keep the expanded LGBT anti-discrimination protections adopted in February by the city council.
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Arkansas town divided over LGBT anti-discrimination measure
That balance of identities will be tested Tuesday, when voters decide whether to repeal a recent local ordinance that extends discrimination protections to the LGBT community.
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Arkansas town rushes to pass local LGBT non-discrimination law ahead of state ban
The Eureka Springs, Ark., city council on Monday unanimously passed an LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance, just hours after the state Senate approved a bill to prohibit local governments from passing such laws.
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Eureka Springs, Ark., hosts first ‘mass gay wedding reception in Bible Belt’
EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. — The city of Eureka Springs hosted the first “mass gay wedding reception in the Bible Belt” on Saturday, welcoming hundreds of guests from across the region to celebrate the more than 500 same-sex couples married in Arkansas in May after a state judge invalidated the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Carroll County, Ark., stops issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. — After issuing marriage licenses to 15 same-sex couples on Saturday, and about a dozen on Monday, the Carroll County clerk’s office says it will now just issue licenses that include a man and a woman.
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Arkansas clerk issues first same-sex marriage license
EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. — Same-sex marriage arrived in the Bible Belt on Saturday, beginning with two women who had traveled overnight to ensure they’d be first in line.