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Marriage lawsuits could help Davis, hurt Abbott in Texas governors race
AUSTIN, Texas — Greg Abbott’s job as Texas’ top lawyer placed him in the line of fire last week when his likely Democratic opponent in the governor’s race called on him to stop defending lawsuits over same-sex marriage.
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Growing number of attorneys general refusing to defend gay marriage bans
NORFOLK, Va. — The day after a federal judge struck down Virginia’s gay-marriage ban, state Attorney General Mark Herring wasn’t vowing to appeal or insisting his state’s law was sound.
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Texas gubernatorial candidate calls on AG to stop defending gay marriage ban
SAN ANTONIO — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis says she supports same-sex marriage and called on her opponent Attorney General Greg Abbott to stop defending the definition of marriage in the Texas constitution as only between one man and one woman.
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Texas Supreme Court hears arguments in same-sex divorce case
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether the state can grant divorces to gay couples married elsewhere despite its own constitutional ban on gay marriage, in one of the first serious challenges to that 2005 amendment.
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Texas’ top Republican candidates unanimously oppose gay rights
AUSTIN, Texas — As legal questions surrounding gay rights become major issues in Texas, Republicans running for the top statewide offices unanimously oppose expanding protections based on sexual orientation.
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Texas high court to consider state jurisdiction over same-sex divorces
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court says it will consider whether the state has jurisdiction over same-sex divorces and the constitutionality of the state’s law banning same-sex marriage.
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Candidate for Texas AG files brief opposing marriage equality
AUSTIN, Texas — Candidate for Texas attorney general Dan Branch has filed a legal brief opposing marriage rights for same-sex couples.
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Texas AG’s opinion on same-sex partner benefits doesn’t worry cities, counties
EL PASO, Texas — Cities and counties that offer same-sex partner health benefits don’t anticipate altering their policies after the Texas attorney general called the practice unconstitutional, though his opinion does serve as fuel for litigation against entities providing benefits to gay couples.
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Texas Attorney General: Same-sex marriage benefits unconstitutional
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has issued an opinion stating that local governments and school districts that offer marriage benefits to same-sex partners are violating the state constitution.
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Texas Attorney General steps in to block same-sex divorce
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is trying to stop the divorce of two women in Austin on grounds their Massachusetts marriage is not legally recognized in the Lone Star state. Last week, a Travis County state district judge granted a divorce in court to Sabina Daly […]