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Two lesbian couples file federal lawsuit challenging Va. gay marriage ban
RICHMOND, Va. — Two couples from the Shenandoah Valley filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban.
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A momentous day: Gay couples get hitched in Minnesota, Rhode Island
In public celebrations and intimate ceremonies, gay couples exchanged vows Thursday in Minnesota and Rhode Island as the number of places where same-sex couples can wed grew to more than a quarter of U.S. states.
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Officials in R.I. begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Same-sex marriages have begun in Rhode Island, and local officials are for the first time issuing marriage licenses to gay couples who wish to marry in the state.
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Gay couples rush to wed under new Minn. marriage equality law
MINNEAPOLIS — Dozens of gay couples began tying the knot early Thursday morning at Minneapolis City Hall as Minnesota became the latest state to legalize same-sex marriage.
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R.I. to join rest of New England when gay marriage law takes effect Thursday
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Federico Santi and John Gacher have been a couple for four decades, so they plan to waste little time when Rhode Island joins the rest of New England in extending marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples on Thursday.
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Gay weddings planned for midnight as marriage equality comes to Minn.
MINNEAPOLIS — Dozens of Minnesota gay couples made last-minute preparations Wednesday for midnight marriages, determined to exchange vows at the earliest possible moment under a new state law legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Pa. AG fires back at governor over challenge to gay marriage ban
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Attorney General Kathleen Kane is firing back at Gov. Tom Corbett over the defense of Pennsylvania’s law that effectively bans same-sex marriage and said it isn’t the governor’s job to tell the attorney general what the office’s duties and obligations are.
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Kan. delegation leery of Huelskamp’s anti-gay marriage bill
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Republican congressman’s legislation seeking a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage has picked up more sponsors – except from his colleagues in Kansas.
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As Minn. readies for gay marriage, watch the first gay wedding – from 42 years ago
At midnight on Thursday, August 1, when Minnesota becomes the 12th U.S. state where same-sex marriage is legal, at least one Minneapolis couple will not be saying their vows. They already did — 42 years ago.
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Mexican state of Colima approves same-sex civil unions
MEXICO CITY — Lawmakers in Mexico’s western state of Colima have approved a change in the state’s constitution that legalizes same-sex civil unions.