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Defendants reshuffled in lawsuit challenging Pa. same-sex marriage ban
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Lawyers on both sides of a court challenge to the state’s gay marriage ban have agreed to dismiss Republican Gov. Tom Corbett and Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Kane as defendants.
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No trial date set yet in Pa. same-sex marriage case
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge said Wednesday he would not set a trial date just yet for a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Pa. officials ask to be released as defendants in same-sex marriage lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s governor, its chief legal officer and its health secretary are asking to be released as defendants in a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s gay-marriage ban.
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Pa. governor hires lawyer to defend same-sex marriage ban in federal court
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett’s office announced Thursday it has hired a well-known lawyer from outside the government to lead his defense of the state’s same-sex marriage ban in a federal lawsuit.
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Attorneys compare gay couples to 12-year-old kids in brief opposing gay marriage
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Marriage licenses given to same-sex couples in the state are invalid because the couples were barred from marrying, just like 12-year-olds, Republican Gov. Tom Corbett’s attorneys said Wednesday.
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Pa. AG fires back at governor over challenge to gay marriage ban
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Attorney General Kathleen Kane is firing back at Gov. Tom Corbett over the defense of Pennsylvania’s law that effectively bans same-sex marriage and said it isn’t the governor’s job to tell the attorney general what the office’s duties and obligations are.
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Pa. Attorney General will not defend ban on same-sex marriage
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane will said Thursday that her office will not defend the state in a federal lawsuit that challenges its ban on same-sex marriage.
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Pa. AG must decide whether to defend state’s ban on same-sex marriage
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The elected official tasked with defending state laws has previously said she supports same-sex marriage, but now faces a decision about whether to defend a Pennsylvania law that bans it.
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Federal lawsuit challenges Pa. ban on same-sex marriage
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Civil rights lawyers filed the first known legal challenge Tuesday on behalf of 23 men, women and children seeking to overturn a 17-year-old state law effectively banning same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania, the only northeastern state that doesn’t allow it or civil unions.