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Kentucky couple hopes marriage case will lift obstacles to raising children
Raising two young children in states that don’t recognize that their parents are married has confronted Nicole and Pam Yorksmith with a range of problems.
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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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Lack of legal rights makes raising teens more stressful for same-sex couple
Like many dads, when his spouse is traveling out of town, Greg Bourke takes on the role of single parent, shuttling their two teenagers to basketball practice and other activities while working a full-time job. But Bourke has an extra worry when his husband, Michael DeLeon, is away.
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San Francisco archbishop will skip this year’s national rally opposing same-sex marriage
San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archbishop, who is at the center of growing debate over his opposition to gay marriage, will miss an annual march in Washington, D.C., next week opposing same-sex marriage, his archdiocese said.
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GOP lawmaker introduces bill to strip federal courts of power to rule on marriage equality
Less than a week before the U.S. Supreme Court plans to hear arguments over the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans, a GOP lawmaker has introduced legislation to strip federal courts of their power to interpret the Constitution as it relates to such matters.
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No, same-sex marriage will not cause 900,000 abortions
A group of 100 conservative lawyers and academics recently filed a Supreme Court brief arguing that gay marriage will cause 900,000 abortions over the next 30 years.
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Same-sex marriage opponents urge U.S. Supreme Court to resist ‘radical change’ on marriage
Same-sex marriage opponents acknowledge they face a tough task in trying to persuade the Supreme Court to allow states to limit marriage to a man and a woman, but are urging the court to resist embracing what they see as a radical change in society’s view of what constitutes a marriage.
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects NOM’s efforts to overturn Oregon marriage ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an attempt by the National Organization for Marriage to reverse a federal judge’s decision that allowed same-sex couples in Oregon to begin marrying.
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Marriage News Watch: April 20, 2015
I’ve rounded up the weirdest Supreme Court briefs that argue in favor of preventing gays and lesbians from marrying. Some are full of mistakes, others have baffling arguments. And at least one is incredibly sexist, and signed by a member of Congress.
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Gay mentor, belief in dignity at the core of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s views
The Irish Catholic boy who came of age in Sacramento after World War II is an unlikely candidate to be the author of the U.S. Supreme Court’s major gay rights rulings.