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Ind. AG to ask U.S. Supreme Court to stay same-sex marriage ruling
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that found the state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional. Attorney General Greg Zoeller said Thursday that it seems clear the issue will have to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Zoeller says his office will seek a stay while it appeals the decision.
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Ind. AG wants entire 7th Circuit to determine fate of same-sex marriage ban
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s attorney general wants more than three appellate judges to decide the fate of the state’s same-sex marriage ban. The office says in a statement issued Saturday that it filed a motion late Friday asking the entire 10-judge 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to hear Indiana’s appeal of a judge’s order that struck down the ban.
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Federal appeals court grants stay, puts Ind. same-sex marriages on hold
A federal appeals court on Friday put on hold a judge’s order striking down Indiana’s gay marriage ban, bringing same-sex marriages to a halt and leaving those who’ve already tied the knot in legal limbo. The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago issued the order two days after U.S. District Judge Richard Young had that Indiana’s…
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Ind. clerk denies marriage licenses to gay couples because of ‘biblical beliefs’
INDIANAPOLIS — A southwestern Indiana county clerk says she won’t issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because of her biblical beliefs and what she calls a lack of clear direction.
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Ind. says it has the right to pick and choose which marriages it recognizes
INDIANAPOLIS — States have the right to decide which out-of-state licenses they choose to recognize, including marriage licenses, attorneys for Indiana argued in a brief filed with a federal appeals court. The filing by the Indiana attorney general’s office Wednesday in the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago was in response to…
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Ind. Attorney General fielding questions on proposed same-sex marriage ban
INDIANAPOLIS — The chief counsel for Indiana state officials said Friday he has been fielding a lot of questions about placing the state’s gay marriage ban in the constitution.