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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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GOP urges Ill. candidate to withdraw after blaming bad weather on gay rights
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — Illinois Republican officials are calling for a Chicago-area congressional candidate to leave the GOP race after she blamed bad weather on legalized abortions and gay rights, but Susanne Atanus said she won’t back down.
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GOP lawmakers propose bills to amend, repeal marriage equality in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Two Republican lawmakers have already proposed bills to amend or repeal Illinois’ recently approved marriage equality law before it is set to take effect in June.
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Candidate: Autism, dementia are God’s punishment for abortion, gay marriage
CHICAGO – A Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives says that autism and dementia are punishments from God, who is angry over abortion and same-sex marriage.
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Ill. innkeeper expects more legal troubles when he refuses to host gay weddings
PAXTON, Ill. — The owner of an Illinois inn who is the subject of a civil rights complaint for refusing to host same-sex civil union ceremonies, says he will refuse to allow same-sex weddings when the state’s marriage equality law takes effect in June.
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Obama nominates out lesbian attorney to federal court in Illinois
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has nominated out lesbian attorney Staci Michelle Yandle to serve in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, the White House announced on Thursday.
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Retaliation for same-sex marriage support not a 2014 Ill. primary issue – yet
CHICAGO — When Illinois lawmakers considered a landmark vote on same-sex marriage, religious and conservative groups vowed to retaliate against those who voted in favor by grooming potential primary challengers in next year’s elections.
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Judge OKs Illinois same-sex marriages in cases of life-threatening illnesses
CHICAGO — Gay couples who want to wed immediately in Illinois because one partner has a life-threatening illness could do so starting Monday, rather than waiting until the state’s same-sex law takes effect in June.
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Bill allowing Ill. gay weddings to take effect sooner than June may see vote
CHICAGO — A same-sex couples’ expedited marriage license could mean the start of other efforts to move up the effective date of Illinois’ new same-sex marriage law.
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Terminally ill woman, partner exchange vows in Illinois’ first same-sex wedding
CHICAGO — Two Chicago women on Wednesday became the first same-sex couple to say their vows in Illinois after a federal judge granted an expedited marriage license because of one woman’s ailing health.