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Pa. lawmakers to introduce bipartisan bill to ban coversion therapy on minors
PHILADELPHIA — Two Pennsylvania state lawmakers announced Tuesday they will introduce a bipartisan bill in the state House of Representatives that would ban mental health providers from engaging in controversial gay-to-straight “conversion therapy” on minors.
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Pa. county to appeal ruling that it stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court appears to be the next stop for a suburban Philadelphia county’s battle to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Status of Pa. same-sex marriage licenses murky after judge’s ruling
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge’s order stopping a suburban Philadelphia court clerk from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples leaves their legal status unclear, with an appeal possible and other legal actions pending or in the works.
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Pa. county to abide by judge’s ruling, will stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia court clerk says he’ll abide by a judge’s order that he stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Pa. judge orders county to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge is stopping a suburban Philadelphia court clerk from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, saying it was a clear violation of his legal authority.
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School considers request by transgender student to run for homecoming king
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania school board is reviewing a request by a transgender male student who wants to appear on the ballot for homecoming king.
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Giovanni’s Room, nation’s oldest surviving LGBT bookstore is for sale
PHILADELPHIA — The owner of nation’s oldest surviving LGBT bookstore said that he is retiring after 37 years and is putting the shop and its building up for sale, potentially ending four decades of operation.
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Pa. governor hires lawyer to defend same-sex marriage ban in federal court
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett’s office announced Thursday it has hired a well-known lawyer from outside the government to lead his defense of the state’s same-sex marriage ban in a federal lawsuit.
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Judge vows quick ruling in Pa. same-sex marriage case
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge is promising to rule quickly on whether a county clerk should be ordered to stop handing out marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Pa. AG gives governor’s lawyers OK to handle gay marriage case
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s attorney general has granted express written authority to lawyers for Gov. Tom Corbett to handle a case in which the Health Department wants to stop a suburban Philadelphia court clerk from giving marriage licenses to same-sex couples, according to a Tuesday court filing.