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Starkville, Miss., aldermen: No insurance coverage for same-sex partners
Starkville aldermen have overridden the mayor’s veto of their earlier decision to bar city employees from buying buy health insurance coverage for unmarried domestic partners, including those of the same sex.
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Mississippi Supreme Court hears arguments over same-sex divorce
The Mississippi attorney general’s office told the court that the state can’t grant a divorce to same-sex couple because their marriage is void in Mississippi.
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Mississippi school district approves policy to discourage gay-straight alliances
Superintendent Lynn Weathersby said “there has been a group wanting to form a gay club” and that he had sought guidance about what could be done legally “to limit organizations like that on campus.”
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Federal appeals court weighs overturning marriage bans in three southern states
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas took their stands against same-sex marriage Friday before a federal appellate court with a powerful legacy of pushing Deep South conservatives out of their comfort zones on civil rights.
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5th Circuit to hear appeals in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas marriage rulings
A federal appeals court in New Orleans will hear arguments Friday in challenges to same-sex marriage bans in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
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Mississippi town rescinds health coverage for unmarried domestic partners
Starkville, Miss., aldermen voted 5-2 Tuesday night to rescind the insurance plan that had been in effect since last fall.
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Marriage News Watch: January 5, 2015
Marriage equality comes to Florida this week, so why are opponents saying it’s not? Matt Baume reports on what’s really going on, and how they’re still trying to stop the weddings.
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Pastor dresses horse in wedding gown to protest ‘consequences’ of gay marriage
Slippery slope: “Do you take this horse to be your unnatural wedded spouse? … This might be possible if the ban on same-sex marriage is lifted.”
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Marriage News Watch: Dec. 8, 2014
Marriage could be coming to Florida sooner than we expected. Plus, after last week’s big win, the Mississippi lawsuit is now on the fast track to an appeal.
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Mississippi appeal of gay marriage ruling leaves same-sex couples in limbo
For weeks, Rebecca “Becky” Bickett and her longtime partner Andrea Sanders kept a bag packed with wedding clothes.