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More than 300 Republican lawmakers sign brief supporting same-sex marriage
Among the signatories are 23 current and former GOP members of the U.S. House and Senate and seven current and former Governors.
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U.S. Supreme Court will hear same-sex marriage cases on April 28
The court has allotted two-and-a-half hours on the last Tuesday in April for arguments in same-sex gay marriages cases from four states.
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Alabama justices: Until U.S. Supreme Court rules, we’re in charge
The court set up a showdown with a Mobile, Ala., federal judge this week when it ordered officials in the state to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses.
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Holder: ‘Nothing justifies excluding same-sex couples from the institution of marriage’
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department will file a Supreme Court brief stating its position that same-sex marriage bans violate the constitutional guarantee of “equal protection of the laws.”
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Supreme Court rejects appeal by Prop 8 donors to keep their identities secret
The justices let stand a lower court ruling against ProtectMarriage.com, the National Organization for Marriage and other supporters of a 2008 ballot initiative that outlawed same-sex marriages in California until the ban was overturned five years later.
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Alabama Chief Justice says he’ll defy a Supreme Court ruling for same-sex marriage
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore said Sunday that if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, he would defy the ruling because it would alter God’s “organic law.”
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Marriage News Watch: February 16, 2015
Things are finally settling down in Alabama. We’ll take a look at just how messy it got last week, and what happens now. Plus, Justice Ginsburg makes some pretty candid predictions for the Supreme Court’s upcoming marriage decision.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Americans are ready for marriage equality
In a new interview Wednesday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg talks with Bloomberg about the outlook for legalizing same-sex marriage across the nation … “I think that as more and more people came out and said that ‘this is who I am,’ the rest of us recognized that they are one of us.”
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Thomas objects, says Court’s action implies support for same-sex marriage
Justice Clarence Thomas criticized his Supreme Court colleagues Monday for refusing to block same-sex marriage in Alabama until the court resolves the issue nationwide in a few months.
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Alabama begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
Alabama became the 37th U.S. state with marriage equality as same-sex couples there began getting married in a handful of counties on Monday, despite an 11th-hour attempt from the state’s chief justice – an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage – to block the weddings.