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Among the Navajos, a renewed debate about same-sex marriage
Tradition reigns on the Navajo reservation, but the national debate over same-sex marriage is prompting some to re-examine a 2005 tribal law called the Dine Marriage Act, which prohibits same-sex unions on the reservation.
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Group wants to repeal Navajo Nation’s ban on same-sex marriage
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An effort to repeal the Navajo Nation’s same-sex marriage ban has been energized by court decisions in some states to allow such unions.
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Navajo Nation official: N.M. court ruling has no effect on tribe’s gay marriage ban
FARMINGTON, N.M. — A Navajo Nation official says the tribe’s own law prohibiting same-sex marriage isn’t affected by the New Mexico Supreme Court’s decision legalizing marriage for gay and lesbian couples in New Mexico.
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Gay couple in Oklahoma legally wed despite state ban on same-sex marriage
OKLAHOMA CITY — In a conservative state referred to as the buckle of the Bible Belt, two men legally married Thursday in a small ceremony at a chapel on an old military fort west of Oklahoma City.
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Native American bloodline allows gay couple to be first to wed in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY — Darren Black Bear hasn’t thought too much about his upcoming nuptials. Maybe khaki pants, and he doesn’t mind if guests show up in Halloween costumes even though the wedding will be a rare sight: He and his partner are getting legally married in Oklahoma even though the state bans same-sex marriage.
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Colvilles become sixth Native American tribe to recognize same-sex marriage
NESPELEM, Wash. — The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington state are the latest Native American tribe to recognize same-sex marriage.
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Tribal same-sex marriage bill approved, gay couple weds
HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. — With an exchange of rings and a kiss, two men became spouses Friday during a ceremony at a northern Michigan Indian reservation after the tribal chairman signed a measure approving same-sex marriage in a state where it’s officially banned.
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Chairman of Native American tribe OK’s same-sex marriage, will wed two men
HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. — The chairman of a northern Michigan Indian tribe says he’ll sign a same-sex marriage bill Friday, then preside at the wedding of two men.
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Native American tribe votes to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples
The Suquamish Native American Tribe in Washington state’s Kitsap County on Monday voted to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples.