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Marion County, Ind., clerk to begin performing same-sex marriages
INDIANAPOLIS — Marion County Clerk Beth White says she will perform short, civil marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples who make a $50 donation to a group supporting gay and transgender youths. White’s office also is changing the wording of its online marriage license application from bride and groom to spouse and spouse.
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Federal judge strikes down Indiana ban on same-sex marriage
INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge has struck down Indiana’s ban on gay marriage, calling it unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Richard Young ruled Wednesday that the state’s ban violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal-protection clause in a mixed ruling involving lawsuits from several gay couples.
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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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Broader decision on Indiana same-sex marriage ban could be coming
INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge’s lengthy deliberations on whether to stay his ruling recognizing a same-sex Indiana couple’s marriage could signal that a broader decision is coming, legal experts say. The state asked a federal judge for the stay on May 8, and a marriage law expert says it is “absolutely unusual” for a judge to take so much time to grant a stay.
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Ind. GOP overwhelmingly approves party platform opposing same-sex marriage
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Delegates to the Indiana Republican Party convention have overwhelmingly approved a party platform opposing same-sex marriage. The state party platform now officially supports the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.
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Ind. GOP panel adds opposition to same-sex marriage in party platform
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — An effort to remove gay marriage language from the state GOP platform has been defeated by a panel of Republicans at the party’s state convention.
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Battle against same-sex marriage in Indiana unlikely to disappear soon
INDIANAPOLIS — Same-sex marriage is an issue that never seems to die in Indiana politics. The most recent battle is being played out inside the Republican Party, as delegates to the party’s upcoming convention ponder whether the GOP platform should support defining marriage as being between one man and one woman.
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Ind. Republican Party reopens same-sex marriage debate in party platform
INDIANAPOLIS — A few lines proposed for the Indiana Republican Party’s platform have reopened a debate over same-sex marriage that dominated the start of the year.
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Study: Marriage equality will add $39 million to Ind. economy in first 3 years
LOS ANGELES — Extending marriage to same-sex couples in Indiana would generate over $39 million in spending to the state economy, according to a new report by researchers at the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law.
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Ind. asks judge to stay ruling that it recognize terminally ill woman’s marriage
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana has asked a federal judge to stay his order requiring it to recognize the out-of-state marriage of a lesbian couple in which one woman is terminally ill, saying that the ruling could raise false hopes for other same-sex couples.