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Anti-gay baby meet bathwater: Alabama wants to abolish marriage licenses
The Alabama Senate voted to do away with state-issued marriage licenses after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively legalized same-sex marriage.
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Make marriage work like disappearing ink
Marriage today is thrust down people’s throats as something that needs to last forever and a day, but both religious forces and the state have historic investments in that fantasy.
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Kentucky senate approves separate marriage licenses for gay couples
“It’s almost disrespectful to the traditional family,” one Republican said. “That’s’ why, wisely, we decided to have two forms. That has nothing to do with bigotry, nothing to do with discrimination.”
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BREAKING: Appeals court upholds gay marriage ruling in Kentucky
Despite her religious beliefs, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis absolutely must issue marriage licenses to gay coulpes
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Kentucky governor: No special session for marriage licenses, issue already settled by Supreme Court
It would cost about $60,000 a day to call the legislature back in session, and Beshear said there was no need to do that for an issue the Supreme court has settled.
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Top Kentucky Democrat wants special legislative session to discuss marriage licenses
It’s unclear what House Speaker Greg Stumbo wants the legislature to do. Stumbo says he is drafting legislation to help address the issues some of the state’s county clerks are having, but did not say what those issues were.
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Ky. clerk who objects to same‑sex marriage wants state to issue licenses online so he doesn’t have to
Casey County Clerk Casey Davis says same-sex marriage violates his religious beliefs. He stopped issuing marriage licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage.
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Tennessee: All three clerks in Decatur County resign over opposition to same-sex marriage
Officials in Decatur County, Tenn., say all three employees in the clerk’s office have resigned because of their opposition to the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned bans on same-sex marriage.
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Kentucky clerk sued for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
Four Kentucky couples are suing a clerk who is refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses — or any marriage licenses — following the U.S. Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have a legal right to marry.
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All Tennessee counties now issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
All of Tennessee’s county clerks are ready to or are already issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, according to county staffers and gay marriage advocates.