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Lead plaintiff in same-sex marriage case gets hero’s welcome at Cincinnati pride
A Cincinnati native who was the lead plaintiff in the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage has come back to his hometown to celebrate.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules for nationwide marriage equality
Same-sex couples won the right to marry nationwide Friday as a divided Supreme Court handed a crowning victory to the LGBT rights movement, setting off a jubilant cascade of long-delayed weddings in states where they had been forbidden.
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Ohio man, deceased husband: The faces of the marriage equality movement
Jim Obergefell hadn’t thought about becoming one of the most visible figures in the marriage equality movement. He just wanted to marry the love of his life for 21 years.
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Two years after his husband’s death, Jim Obergefell is still fighting for the right to be married
The wedding, performed on an airport tarmac in 2013, has become iconic within the marriage equality movement, a testament to a couple’s commitment and to the absurd lengths necessary to undertake for a simple ceremony.
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Ohio asks U.S. Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of gay marriage bans
With the Ohio response, there are now four new same-sex marriage cases that are nearly ready for the Justices’ first look.
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Michigan, Kentucky couples take gay marriage cases to U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — A same-sex couple from Michigan is putting the question of the right to marry nationwide squarely before the Supreme Court. The couple’s plea to be allowed to marry was being filed Monday. It asks the justices to hold that state laws prohibiting same-sex couples from getting married violate “our nation’s most cherished and essential guarantees.”
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Lambda Legal, ACLU ask U.S. Supreme Court to review Ohio marriage ruling
CINCINNATI, Ohio — Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling upholding same-sex marriage bans in Ohio and three other states. The Sixth Circuit is the only federal circuit court to depart from recent decisions by the…
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Joy, dismay as gay marriage advocates, opponents assess 6th Circuit ruling
One side was euphoric, the other dismayed, but both foes and supporters of same-sex marriage swiftly turned their attention to the U.S. Supreme Court after an against-the-grain appeals court ruling upheld bans or restrictions on gay marriage in four states. The 2-1 ruling Thursday by the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — affecting […]
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AUDIO: Ohio same-sex marriage ban faces federal appeals court
CINCINNATI — A state official says that Ohio has traditionally defined marriage as between a man and woman, and that same-sex marriage is too new to be considered a deeply rooted, fundamental right. State solicitor Eric Murphy argued Wednesday in favor of the ban on same-sex marriage passed by Ohio voters a decade ago. A three-judge panel of the…
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A summary of same-sex marriage cases before the Sixth Circuit appeals court
The Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in six gay marriage fights from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday, setting the stage for one ruling. Each case deals with whether statewide gay marriage bans violate the Constitution. A look at the cases: