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Three more Illinois counties issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
While many Illinois counties are waiting until the state’s new same-sex marriage becomes law in June and others are waiting for legal advice, the list of counties that will start issuing the licenses immediately is growing.
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Couple files federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A second lawsuit has been filed challenging Florida’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, this time in federal court.
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Kansas reopens debate on religious freedom for those opposed to gay unions
TOPEKA, Kan. — Legislators are reopening a debate on whether Kansas should enact special legal protections for people, groups and businesses opposing same-sex marriage for religious reasons.
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Lawsuit filed challenging Wyoming’s ban on same-sex marriage
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Four same-sex couples and Wyoming Equality filed a lawsuit in state court in Cheyenne on Wednesday challenging Wyoming’s laws that prohibit same-sex couples from marrying and recognition of marriages of same-sex couples performed outside the state.
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Pope Francis suggests Catholic Church could support same-sex civil unions
ROME — While reaffirming the Catholic Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage, Pope Francis said in a newspaper interview Wednesday that the church could support some form of civil unions.
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Most Illinois clerks in no rush to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
CHICAGO — County clerks around Illinois say they won’t start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples immediately as Attorney General Lisa Madigan said this week they have the right to do.
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Dozens of supporting briefs filed in Utah, Okla., same-sex marriage cases
SALT LAKE CITY — More than 50 groups, organizations and coalitions have weighed in on gay marriage cases in Utah and Oklahoma with supporting court briefs — giving a Denver-based federal appeals court thousands of pages of arguments to consider.
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Poll: Record number of Americans now support legalizing same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON — A record numbers of Americans now support same-sex marriage, and say adoption by gay couples should be legal and see gays and lesbians as good parents, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Wednesday.
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Poll: Iowa voters concede gay marriage has had no negative effect on their lives
Almost five years after the Iowa Supreme Court struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, 78 percent of voters in the state say it’s either had a positive impact or no impact at all on their lives.
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Ind. Senate votes to block federal tax benefits for married, same-sex couples
INDIANAPOLIS — Gay rights advocates said they’re deeply concerned about a split in state policy from a new federal approach to taxes recognizing same-sex marriage that the Indiana Senate approved 41-6 on Tuesday.