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Pa. lawyers defend state’s gay marriage ban, ask court to dismiss lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Lawyers for Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration are urging a state judge to uphold Pennsylvania’s ban on gay marriage by throwing out a lawsuit brought by more than two dozen same-sex couples that challenges its constitutionality.
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Advocates pursue varying strategies to bring same-sex marriage to Pa.
PHILADELPHIA — Marriage bureau officials in Philadelphia expressed their support Tuesday for same-sex couples, but said they cannot grant them marriage licenses until the law changes in Pennsylvania.
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Growing number of attorneys general refusing to defend gay marriage bans
NORFOLK, Va. — The day after a federal judge struck down Virginia’s gay-marriage ban, state Attorney General Mark Herring wasn’t vowing to appeal or insisting his state’s law was sound.
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Pa. same-sex marriage advocates keep eyes on state case, federal court rulings
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Federal court decisions to overturn bans on same-sex marriage in two conservative states may not have an immediate effect in Pennsylvania, the only northeastern state that does not recognize gay marriages.
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Affordable housing for LGBT seniors opens in heart of downtown Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — Jerry Zeft was so excited to move into his new apartment that he slept on an air mattress for nearly a week while he waited for his bed and other belongings to catch up with him. No matter that he’s 70 years old.
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Birth mother jailed in Pa. same-sex custody dispute
MERCER, Pa. — A woman has been jailed for contempt of court in western Pennsylvania for moving to Ohio with her 12-year-old birth daughter in violation of a judge’s order in a bitter same-sex custody dispute.
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Philadelphia police revamps policy on how to treat transgender people
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police have issued new guidelines on how officers should treat transgender people, a policy that department officials say is to ensure everyone is treated with respect.
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Presbyterian church in Philadelphia to welcome openly gay pastor
PHILADELPHIA — A Presbyterian church in Philadelphia says it’s welcoming an openly gay pastor.
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Calif. Methodist bishop offers job to Pa. pastor defrocked over gay son’s wedding
PHILADELPHIA — A United Methodist pastor from central Pennsylvania who was defrocked after officiating his son’s gay wedding was invited by a California Methodist bishop to serve in her region in yet another sign of a split in the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination.
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Pa. pastor appeals defrocking over officiating gay son’s wedding
PHILADELPHIA — A United Methodist pastor defrocked for officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding has appealed the decision, a move that offered the latest evidence of a split in the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination and came as yet another state legalized gay marriage.