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Judge won’t block Wis. gay marriage ban while lawsuit moves forward
MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge says she won’t block Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban while a lawsuit challenging it moves forward.
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Poll: Arizona voters support religious freedom veto, legalizing gay marriage
A new Arizona poll finds not only that voters in the state agree with Jan Brewer’s veto of a controversial religious freedom bill, but that they also for the first time support legalizing same-sex marriage in the state.
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Professor testifies in Mich. marriage trial that children fare better with straight parents
DETROIT — An economist testified Tuesday that children raised by heterosexual parents had a much greater chance of making normal progress through school than those living with same-sex couples, putting his own spin on census data that was crunched differently by another expert at Michigan’s gay-marriage trial.
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Marriage equality sweeps the nation
Almost 10 years after Massachusetts became the first state to recognize same-sex marriages, the most striking feature of the campaign for marriage equality is the speed at which it’s succeeding.
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Illinois AG: All county clerks can issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
CHICAGO — Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Tuesday told an Illinois county clerk that he and others around the state have the right to immediately issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Madigan issued the guidance in response to a question from Macon County Clerk Stephen Bean, who questioned the legal effect of the ruling in […]
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Colo. Gov. John Hickenlooper announces his support for marriage equality
DENVER — Gov. John Hickenlooper has, for the first time publicly, announced his support for same-sex marriage.
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Group of current, former GOP lawmakers file brief supporting same-sex marriage
SALT LAKE CITY — A group of Republicans has come out in support of legalizing gay marriage in Utah and Oklahoma, arguing that allowing same-sex unions is consistent with the Western conservative values of freedom and liberty once championed by Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater.
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Author of discredited gay parenting study stung by criticism during Mich. trial
DETROIT — Attorneys seeking to overturn Michigan’s gay marriage ban tried to peck away Tuesday at the credibility of a social scientist whose disputed 2012 study questioned the well-being of children who grew up in a home where a parent had a same-sex relationship.
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Cook County, Ill., issues 258 marriage licenses to same-sex couples
CHICAGO — Cook County issued 258 marriage licenses to same-sex couples in the first week it was allowed to do so by a court ruling.
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Ky. governor to hire outside counsel to appeal same-sex marriage ruling
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said Tuesday that the state will hire outside attorneys to appeal a decision granting legal recognition to same-sex couples married in other states and countries after the attorney general announced that he would not pursue the case further.