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Hottest ticket in town: Technically free, Supreme Court tickets cost time, money
WASHINGTON — The most expensive ticket to “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway: $477. The face value of a great seat for this year’s Super Bowl: $1,250. Guaranteed seats to watch the U.S. Supreme Court hear this week’s gay marriage cases: about $6,000.
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Why the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in favor of same-sex marriage
We are on the threshold of a historic decision on individual rights by the Supreme Court of the United States as it considers two cases involving same-sex marriage. The cases about “who you love” could change the laws in 41 states and more than 1,000 federal statutes. Regardless of what is said in the oral arguments, a reading of the merits briefs makes it clear that the Court will have to rule in favor of gay marriage, and will improve the lives of 130,000 legally-married couples in same-sex marriages.
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Six Rhode Island mayors join push for marriage equality bill
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Six Rhode Island mayors called on Rhode Island’s state Senate on Monday to pass legislation allowing gays and lesbians to marry, joining a growing list of those backing the effort to join the rest of New England in allowing same-sex wedlock.
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Poll: Majority of Ohio voters in favor of repealing state’s ban on gay marriage
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Eight years after Ohio voters banned gay and lesbian couples from getting married, a new Columbus Dispatch poll finds majority now supports their right to legally wed.
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Public braves snow for a chance to witness historic gay marriage cases
WASHINGTON — People waiting to attend to gay marriage cases being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court have been undeterred by snow falling in the nation’s capital.
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Presidential punch: Can the Obama briefs make a difference at the Supreme Court?
WASHINGTON — LGBT legal activists and their allies have nothing but praise for the Obama administration’s decision to submit briefs in both marriage equality cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this week.
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Lesbian cousin of Chief Justice to attend U.S. Supreme Court hearing on Prop 8
The lesbian cousin of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will be among the invited guests at Tuesday’s historic hearing on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill announces her support for marriage equality
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a moderate Democrat from Missouri who has, until now, refused to take a public opinion on the issue of same-sex marriage, announced Sunday that she supports marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples.
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Marriage equality supporters mark historic week with candlelight vigil in Times Square
NEW YORK — Several hundred marriage equality supporters turned out for a candlelight vigil in New York’s Times Square on Sunday evening, in a peaceful demonstration to mark this week’s historic events in which the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans and the Defense of Marriage Act.
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Lesbian couple wins $100,000 Maine ‘dream wedding’ contest
FREEPORT, Maine — A Maine magazine has awarded a wedding valued up to $100,000 to a same-sex couple for its annual wedding contest.