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Pa. state lawyers: Marriage licenses for same-sex couples risk ‘serious harm’
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania health department says a county clerk’s decision to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples “risks causing serious and limitless harm” in the state and beyond.
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Pa. county grants 100th same-sex marriage license
A suburban Philadelphia county defying Pennsylvania’s marriage law issued its 100th same-sex license Friday, just weeks after opening the courthouse door to gay men and women.
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Demand among same-sex couples for marriage licenses in Pa. rising
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Demand among same-sex couples for marriage licenses from an eastern Pennsylvania county official shows no sign of slacking.
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W. Pa. mayor officiates wedding of gay men with E. Pa. marriage license
BRADDOCK, Pa. — A Pittsburgh-area mayor has married two men who obtained a license from an eastern Pennsylvania county official who has issued more than 60 licenses to same-sex couples despite a state law that defines marriage as a contract between one man and one woman.
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Pa. county defends granting marriage licenses to gay couples
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Lawyers asked a state court on Friday to throw out a lawsuit that seeks to stop a rogue county official from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples, who cannot legally wed in Pennsylvania.
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Pa. AG fires back at governor over challenge to gay marriage ban
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Attorney General Kathleen Kane is firing back at Gov. Tom Corbett over the defense of Pennsylvania’s law that effectively bans same-sex marriage and said it isn’t the governor’s job to tell the attorney general what the office’s duties and obligations are.
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Pa. sues to stop county from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
PHILADELPHIA — State officials asked a court to stop a rogue county from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples on Tuesday, nearly a week after a clerk began granting them in violation of Pennsylvania law.
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Same-sex couple marries outside Philly despite Pa. ban on gay marriage
PHILADELPHIA — A suburban Philadelphia woman who tied the knot with her longtime partner Sunday with a county marriage license despite the commonwealth’s ban on same-sex marriage said it was the day “that every committed couple waits for.”
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Group plans ‘pray-in’ to protest Pa. county issuing marriage licenses to gays
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A conservative group has planned a “pray-in” to protest an eastern Pennsylvania county officials decision to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and officials in three nearby counties say they’ll abide by current state law and not issue such licenses.
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Pa. school district scraps controversial anti-gay policy
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — A central Pennsylvania school district has scrapped a controversial policy that said its curriculum would not “promote or encourage” same-sex relationships or orientation.