Whitewood v. Wolf

PHILADELPHIA — Gay and lesbian couples are racing to pick up marriage licenses in Pennsylvania after a federal judge threw out the state’s ban on same-sex unions.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage was overturned by a federal judge Tuesday in a decision that legalized the practice throughout the Northeast and sent couples racing to pick up licenses.

PHILADELPHIA — Gay rights activists should know within hours whether Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage will be overturned.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Corbett is now asking a federal judge to decide a constitutional challenge to Pennsylvania’s law banning same-sex marriage without a trial.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gay couples and others challenging Pennsylvania’s 1996 law banning same-sex marriage asked a federal judge Monday to bypass a trial in favor of a quicker ruling in the case.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Federal court decisions to overturn bans on same-sex marriage in two conservative states may not have an immediate effect in Pennsylvania, the only northeastern state that does not recognize gay marriages.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge hearing a challenge to Pennsylvania’s law banning recognition of same-sex marriages is keeping the case on track for trial by preventing an appellate review at this stage.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Lawyers in a federal court challenge to Pennsylvania’s law that bans same-sex marriage on Monday accused the state’s lawyers of using delay tactics and making unreasonable and intrusive requests for information from their clients, including whether they were ever in an opposite-sex relationship.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The trial of a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s gay-marriage ban will be held in June, a federal judge said Friday.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal court challenge to Pennsylvania’s 17-year-old law banning the recognition of same-sex marriages took an important step toward a trial Friday when a judge rejected two different attempts to block the lawsuit.