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Latest Arkansas ruling throws new wrinkle in state’s same-sex marriage debate
A judge’s ruling that Arkansas must recognize more than 500 same-sex marriages that were performed in state last year throws a new wrinkle in a legal fight that’s been sitting before the state Supreme Court for more than a year now.
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Arkansas clerk ready to resume issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A top official in Arkansas’ most populous county said Wednesday that his office is prepared to issue licenses if same-sex marriage returns to the Bible Belt. Pulaski County Clerk Larry Crane’s statements came a day after a federal judge tossed the state’s gay marriage ban, saying …
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First same-sex marriage licenses issued in Little Rock, three other counties
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Dozens of same-sex couples, some of whom waited in line overnight, received licenses to marry from county clerks Monday, while lawyers for the state of Arkansas asked its highest court to suspend an order gutting a constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage.
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Arkansas judge strikes down same-sex marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas judge on Friday struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, opening the door for gay couples to wed.
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Hearing set in challenge to Ark. same-sex marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Advocates of ending Arkansas’ ban on same-sex marriage are to make their case Thursday before a circuit judge in Pulaski County.
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Judge rejects motion to dismiss challenge to Ark. same-sex marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ ban on gay marriage is moving closer to a trial. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza on Thursday rejected a motion by government lawyers to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to topple the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.