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Same-sex marriage ruling leads to immediate vows in Michigan
Many Michigan gay couples quickly married Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in a case involving two Detroit-area nurses who said they were elated “that this day has finally come.”
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Georgia: Metro Atlanta court begins marrying same-sex couples
A court in Atlanta started marrying gay couples Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Georgia’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Missouri moves swiftly to begin same-sex marriages statewide
Within hours of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision Friday to legalize same-sex marriage – upending Missouri’s constitutional ban on the practice – same-sex couples in the state applied and were granted marriage licenses.
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Same-sex couples wed as marriages get underway in Tennessee
Same-sex couples across the state of Tennessee were going to county clerks’ offices to get marriage licenses on what many were calling “day one.”
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Nebraska’s strict same-sex marriage ban falls with Supreme Court ruling
Gay couples in Nebraska are now able to marry and have their marriages legally recognized in the state that has had one of the most restrictive same-sex marriage bans in the country.
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Marriage licenses issued in Kentucky to same-sex couples
Timothy Love was at the head of the line Friday with his same-sex partner of 35 years to obtain the marriage license he fought for in the courts.
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Lawyers seek to remove hold on same-sex marriage in Mississippi
Attorney General Jim Hood, a Democrat, says a federal appeals court in New Orleans must first lift a hold on a same-se marriage court case from Mississippi. He said he doesn’t know how long that could take.
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Across South Dakota, county officials begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
“I’m honored to be a part of this moment,” said Misty Collins, a 37-year-old Rapid City woman who married Melissa Eidson on Friday after becoming one of the first same-sex couples in the state to receive a marriage license.
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Arkansas same-sex marriages resume after Supreme Court decision
The judge who struck down Arkansas’ same-sex marriage ban last year presided over one of its first same-sex weddings Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that such bans are unconstitutional.
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Same-sex marriages get underway in Ohio, home of lead Supreme Court plaintiff
Same-sex marriages began Friday across Ohio within hours of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling that rejected the state’s 2004 ban and allowed such unions anywhere in the country.