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Army Reserve sergeant is legally married while at work, but not at home
Thom Kostura and his husband take lots of road trips, and each time they cross a state line they make a game of declaring “We’re married!” or “We’re not married!” – depending on whether the state recognizes same-sex marriage.
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California couple become part of Tennessee same-sex marriage challenge
Johno Espejo and Matthew Mansell moved from the San Francisco Bay area to Franklin, Tenn., in 2012 for Mansell’s job at an international law firm. Their neighbors were friendly, Mansell says, but the family couldn’t go out in public without being stared at.
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Memphis woman accused of beating son for being ‘too feminine and too gay’
A Tennessee woman is charged with domestic assault after allegedly punching her son in the face for being “too feminine and too gay.”
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Tennessee school turns away prospective students because parents are gay
A private, non-denominational Christian-based school in Nashville has turned away prospective students because their parents, one of whom is a local pastor, are gay.
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear same-sex marriage cases in April
Setting the stage for a potentially historic ruling, the Supreme Court says it will decide whether same-sex couples nationwide have a right to marry under the Constitution. The justices said Friday they will review an appellate ruling that upheld bans on same-sex unions in four states.
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No action Friday by U.S. Supreme Court on same-sex marriage cases
The U.S. Supreme Court did not grant review in any new cases on Friday as gay rights activists eagerly awaited news that it might consider a new round of cases challenging states’ ability to ban same-sex marriage.
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Now legal in 36 states, Supreme Court to take another look at same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court has quietly engineered a dramatic increase in the number of states that allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. That increase also has raised the chances the justices soon will settle the legal debate.
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U.S. Supreme Court schedules same-sex marriage cases for conference review
A number of same-sex marriage cases are on the Supreme Court’s agenda with enough time for the issue to be argued and decided by late June.
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Tennessee breaks ranks, tells Supreme Court to stay out of marriage debate
Tennessee argues that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit got it right when it upheld same-sex marriage bans, and that there is no need for Supreme Court Justices to step in now.
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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.”