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Two courts set to take up same-sex marriage in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arguments are set in two Arkansas courtrooms on whether the state should drop its prohibition against same-sex marriages.
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Arkansas same-sex marriage ban heading to state, federal courts this week
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ highest court and a federal judge will hear arguments this week over the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, a decade after voters approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Attorneys for the state and a group of gay couples are scheduled to appear before the …
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Arkansas same-sex marriage ban to hit two courts on same day
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ highest court will hear oral arguments in a case challenging the state’s gay marriage ban on the same day a federal judge takes up a separate case over the prohibition.
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Federal judge sets hearing in challenge to Arkansas gay marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge has set a hearing for next month in a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ gay marriage ban. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker on Monday scheduled a Nov. 20 hearing over competing motions in the lawsuit challenging a 2004 constitutional amendment and earlier laws defining marriage…
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Federal judge won’t delay challenge to Arkansas same-sex marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge has denied Arkansas’ request to delay proceedings in a lawsuit challenging the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel earlier this year asked the court to put the case on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case involving Utah’s gay marriage ban…
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Same-sex couples oppose delaying Arkansas marriage lawsuits
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Lawyers for gay couples challenging Arkansas’ ban on same-sex marriages said Wednesday they won’t agree to delay a pair of lawsuits while the U.S. Supreme Court considers taking up the matter. The couples sued Arkansas in state and federal courts last year, claiming that a constitutional amendment passed overwhelmingly by Arkansas…
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Ark. officials ask courts to suspend same-sex marriage cases
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas officials asked a federal judge and the state Supreme Court Wednesday to suspend lawsuits challenging the state’s gay marriage ban while a similar case is pending before the nation’s highest court. The attorney general’s office filed a motion asking U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker to stay the proceedings in the lawsuit filed …
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Ark. officials asks federal court to keep same-sex marriage ban in place
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas officials are asking a federal judge to reject an effort to strike down the state’s same-sex marriage ban, arguing the prohibition is constitutional and serves a legitimate state interest.
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Couples ask federal judge to strike down Ark. same-sex marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Attorneys for two same-sex couples in Arkansas are asking a federal judge to issue an order striking down the state’s same-sex marriage ban. Attorneys for the couples filed a motion Wednesday for summary judgment, asking U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker to issue an order striking down the state constitutional amendment …
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State of Ark. seeks dismissal of lawsuit challenging gay marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The state of Arkansas is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging a voter-approved law that bans same-sex marriage on grounds that the plaintiffs’ rights aren’t being violated.