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Same-sex couple’s wedding ceremony a first at Fort Bragg’s chapel
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The North Carolina home of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and the Green Berets is opening the base chapel to same-sex ceremonies.
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Calif. Methodist bishop offers job to Pa. pastor defrocked over gay son’s wedding
PHILADELPHIA — A United Methodist pastor from central Pennsylvania who was defrocked after officiating his son’s gay wedding was invited by a California Methodist bishop to serve in her region in yet another sign of a split in the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination.
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Same-sex marriage ruling catches conservative Utah off guard
SALT LAKE CITY — A day after a judge’s surprise ruling overturned Utah’s same-sex marriage ban, at least one county clerk intended to open early Saturday to issue licenses. And 40 minutes north of Salt Lake City, about 300 hundred people showed up at the Weber County Clerk’s Office on Saturday afternoon but were later turned away without marriage licenses.
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Salt Lake County clerk issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
Just hours after a federal judge struck down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban on Friday, a Salt Lake County Clerk issued what may be the first marriage license to a same-sex couple in Utah.
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Pa. pastor appeals defrocking over officiating gay son’s wedding
PHILADELPHIA — A United Methodist pastor defrocked for officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding has appealed the decision, a move that offered the latest evidence of a split in the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination and came as yet another state legalized gay marriage.
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Pa. pastor defrocked after performing gay son’s wedding
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — United Methodist church officials defrocked a pastor from central Pennsylvania on Thursday who violated religious doctrine by officiating his gay son’s wedding, and he later said he was shocked by their decision, calling his involvement in the wedding an “act of love.”
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Hawaii same-sex marriage pioneer who sparked national debate weds partner
HONOLULU — One of the Hawaii women who sparked the national same-sex marriage battle with a lawsuit more than 20 years ago is now legally married to another woman.
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Pa. pastor won’t quit voluntarily over officiating at gay son’s wedding
PHILADELPHIA — A United Methodist pastor vowed Monday to defy a religious order to surrender his credentials for performing a same-sex wedding, saying church officials will have to defrock him if they want him out of the ministry.
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More than 700 same-sex couples marry in N.J. in past seven weeks
TRENTON, N.J. — More than 700 same-sex couples have married or renewed their vows in New Jersey since the state allowed gay nuptials.
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First same-sex weddings held in Australian capital city
CANBERRA, Australia — Gay and lesbian couples from around Australia joined in fragile marriages in Canberra on Saturday under the nation’s beleaguered same-sex union laws that face a challenge in the courts within a week.