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Election results certified; gay marriage in Washington state legal at midnight
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on Wednesday certified the state’s election result, and in doing so signed into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in Washington state.
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Atlanta city council passes resolution supporting same-sex marriage
The Atlanta city council on Monday approved a resolution supporting marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, despite Mayor Kasim Reed’s previously stated opposition to same-sex marriage.
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Linda Harvey: Gay marriage will teach kids to enter into gay relationships
On her daily radio commentary on Monday, Linda Harvey of “Mission America” sought to understand and explain why marriage equality won at the polls for the first time in last month’s election, and the best she could come up with was that gay rights activists are skilled at misleading people while anti-gay activists just haven’t been blunt enough about the threat that homosexuality poses to our society through encouraging kids to become gay … or something:
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Maine could begin issuing marriage licenses to gay couples on Dec. 29
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s same-sex marriage law is expected to take effect on December 29, and it’s likely that that some marriage licenses will be issued on that date, even though it falls on a Saturday.
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U.S. Supreme Court: No action Monday on Proposition 8, DOMA cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday released added orders from its Friday Conference, but the list did not include any on the ten cases dealing with the same-sex marriage issue.
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Maryland AG: Same-sex marriage licenses can be processed now for New Year’s Day weddings
ANNAPOLIS, MD — Marriage officials in Maryland can begin processing marriage applications for same-sex couples, allowing them to wed on New Year’s Day, according to an opinion by the state’s Attorney General.
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Court denies anti-gay groups’ efforts to intervene in Ill. marriage equality lawsuit
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Sophia Hall rejected motions to intervene in the trial challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage Friday by two anti-gay churches and the Illinois Family Institute, an anti-gay hate group.
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U.S. Supreme Court takes no action on same-sex marriage cases
The Supreme Court, after taking most of the day to prepare new orders, took no action Friday on the ten same-sex marriage cases now on the docket. It did agree to rule on whether taking a human gene out of the body is a process that can be patented. It also agreed to rule on legal protection for makers of generic drugs.
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Federal judge in Nevada denies challenge to state’s ban on same-sex marriage
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A federal judge in Nevada has rejected a lawsuit brought by Lambda Legal on behalf of eight gay couples challenging the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
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Couples in Illinois gay marriage lawsuit urge state legislators to pass marriage equality bill
Several gay and lesbian couples who are plaintiffs in a legal challenge to a state law prohibiting the recognition of same-sex marriages met with state legislators in Springfield Wednesday and urged them to vote for a bill that would legalize gay marriage in Illinois.