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Conservatives warn IRS could target gay marriage opponents
Conservatives are warning that the IRS could start revoking the tax-exempt status of religious groups that oppose gay marriage. But is it a straw man arguement?
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Bill would exempt clerks from issuing gay marriage licenses
Two Republican state representatives have filed a bill that would protect county clerks from criminal or civil liability for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because of their religious beliefs.
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La: same-sex health insurance for state workers’ spouses
The Office of Group Benefits says those who were married before June 26 have until Aug. 11 to apply. Those married on or after June 26 have 30 days after the marriage to apply for coverage.
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ACLU: Kansas’ gay marriage laws should be stricken from book
“It is fairly clear the state of Kansas wants to do the absolute bare minimum recognition of these marriages that is possible and still be able to make some kind of claim that they are in compliance,” ACLU legal director Doug Bonney said Wednesday.
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Judge rules Utah should put 2 moms on birth certificate
U.S. District Judge Dee Benson said Wednesday the case wasn’t hard to decide in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Ohio court: Minister changes stance on gay weddings
Court officials in Toledo say the minister performed two same-sex marriages late last week.
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Supreme Court Justice Kennedy to speak in San Diego
Kennedy’s appearance at the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference comes shortly after the nation’s highest court put an end to same-sex marriage bans in the 14 states that still maintained them.
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Salem, Mo. Native Counters Anti-Gay Flag Vote with LGBT Scholarship
In reaction to the Dent County Commission’s decision to fly flags “below half-staff in “mourning” over the legalization of gay marriage, Jacob Wilson created a $1,000 “Courage Scholarship” to be granted to a graduating high school senior who “has demonstrated or shows great potential to work for change in their community.”
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Wal-Mart accused of same-sex bias in class-action lawsuit
Jacqueline Cote says Wal-Mart repeatedly denied medical insurance for her wife before 2014, when the retail giant started offering benefits for same-sex spouses.
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Dent County Commission votes to ‘mourn’ same-sex marriage
The commission plans to lower the flags below half-staff on the 26th of each month for a year, running from July to June.