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Marriage News Watch: Dec. 22, 2014
Florida clerks can start issuing marriage licenses to gay couples in January — but if they do, they could risk arrest and jail time.
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Hawaii Supreme Court hears arguments in challenge to marriage equality law
A lawsuit brought by GOP state Rep. Bob McDermott claims the Legislature didn’t have authority to pass the law.
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Same-sex marriage tops Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s legacy
HONOLULU — It was a decision that Gov. Neil Abercrombie said may have cost him re-election, but one that he stood by as a proud legacy that will live on long after he leaves the state’s highest office. Under Abercrombie’s tenure as governor, Hawaii legalized same-sex marriage, and Abercrombie’s decision to call a special legislative session…
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Hawaii governor to win award for efforts to legalize same-sex marriage
HONOLULU — Outgoing Gov. Neil Abercrombie will be given an award for his work to legalize same-sex marriage in Hawaii. The Equality Hawaii Foundation will present Abercrombie with the Steven H. Levinson Trailblazer Award at its annual gala on Nov. 22.
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Ninth Circuit declares Hawaii same-sex marriage lawsuit moot
HONOLULU — A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling has quietly ended a last-ditch court fight against a Hawaii law allowing same-sex marriage. The court issued an opinion earlier this month declaring moot a lawsuit filed by a Hawaii couple seeking to marry before the state legalized gay marriage last year. Natasha Jackson and Janin Kleid …
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Marriage News Watch: Supreme Court to consider cases, Ninth Circuit recap
The number of marriage cases before the Supreme Court keeps climbing, with the Court scheduled to decide which ones to take in just a few weeks. Plus, couples file new briefs in Texas, and appeal last week’s anti-gay ruling from a federal judge in Louisiana. These stories and more in this week’s Marriage News Watch report from Matt Baume at the …
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Federal appeals court hears arguments over impact of same-sex marriage
SAN FRANCISCO — A debate over whether children would be harmed or helped by legalizing same-sex marriage was the main focus when a federal appeals court in San Francisco waded again into the issue of the constitutionality of gay marriage. The three judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals – two of whom have ruled in previous cases in favor of gay rights…
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Marriage News Watch: Massive victory in 7th Circuit, problems with ruling in La.
A massive victory for equality in Wisconsin and Indiana, with one of the most strongly-worded decisions yet. A judge in Louisiana has ruled against marriage equality, but there are some problems with his ruling. There are major oral arguments this week in multiple states, and more cases move closer to consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Two years after overturning Prop 8, gay marriage back before the Ninth Circuit
SAN FRANCISCO — For the first time since it declared California’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional, the federal appeals court in San Francisco is readying to hear arguments over same-sex weddings in a political and legal climate that’s vastly different than when it overturned Proposition 8 in 2012. State and federal court judges have been striking down bans in more than…
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Idaho, Nevada, Hawaii same-sex marriage cases go before appeals court
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Monday is set to consider same-sex marriage bans in Idaho, Nevada and Hawaii. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled two hours of arguments Monday on whether such bans should be struck down in Idaho and Nevada. Hawaii legalized same-sex marriage in December so that appeal may be dismissed. The appeals court…