Little Rock AR

Arkansas city asks court to uphold its LGBT protections

Friday, October 21, 2016

An Arkansas city says its ordinance banning discrimination against LGBTQ people doesn't violate a state law intended to prevent such local protections.

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Arkansas gov tells schools: Disregard Obama on trans rights

Friday, May 13, 2016

Asa Hutchinson criticized the directive as "social engineering."

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Judge: 3 gay couples can amend kids’ birth certificates

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

The three couples who filed suit can go to the Arkansas Department of Health to change the documents immediately.

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Little Rock, Ark., approves LGBT anti-discrimination protections

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Little Rock officials have voted to require companies contracting with the city to not discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity, challenging a new Arkansas law criticized as anti-gay.

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Little Rock mayor urges Arkansas governor to veto religious freedom bill

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Little Rock's mayor is urging Arkansas' governor to veto a "religious freedom" bill that critics have said sanctions discrimination against gays and lesbians and that the mayor argues will hurt the state's economic development efforts.

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‘19 Kids’ star Josh Duggar leads anti-gay marriage rally at Arkansas capitol

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Opponents of same-sex marriage rallied at the Arkansas state Capitol on Wednesday, demanding that the state Supreme Court not overturn a 2004 ballot measure that defines marriage in Arkansas as being between…

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First same-sex marriage licenses issued in Little Rock, three other counties

Monday, May 12, 2014

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Dozens of same-sex couples, some of whom waited in line overnight, received licenses to marry from county clerks Monday, while lawyers for the state of Arkansas asked its highest court to suspend…

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Teacher wants apology from Catholic school that fired her for marrying partner

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A teacher who lost her job at a Catholic girls' high school in Little Rock after she married her female partner said Tuesday she wants an apology from the school but isn't…

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Ark. teacher fired from Catholic school after marrying same-sex partner

Sunday, October 20, 2013

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An Arkansas teacher has been fired from a Catholic school after she married her same-sex partner in a ceremony in New Mexico.

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Eleven same-sex couples file lawsuit to overturn Ark. gay marriage ban

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A group of 11 same-sex couples from Arkansas on Tuesday asked a judge to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage, the latest effort aimed at repealing the amendment after recent U.S.…

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