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Wisconsin’s battle to defend same-sex marriage ban will cost taxpayers $1 million
An agreement announced Friday calls for the state to pay the American Civil Liberties Union, which represented eight couples who sued to overturn Wisconsin’s 2006 constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
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Marriage News Watch: March 23, 2015
It’s been nearly two months since marriage was supposed to start in Alabama, and the state still doesn’t have its act together, and Texas has filed a lawsuit to prevent married same-sex couples from taking family medical leave.
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Wisconsin poll: Marriage equality has had no adverse affect
Even among Republican voters, 74 percent responded that granting marriage rights to same-sex couples hadn’t had an adverse impact on their life.
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Wisconsin opposes $1.2 million attorney fees in same-sex marriage case
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is opposing civil rights advocates’ claims for $1.2 million in attorney fees they say they accumulated fighting the state’s gay marriage ban.
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Wisconsin DOJ didn’t track hours spent defending state’s gay marriage ban
The state Department of Justice says it doesn’t have any records of the hours it spent defending Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban, making the full cost of fighting the case impossible to determine.
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Wisconsin school will not ban children’s book about girl with two moms
The book, “Emma and Meesha My Boy: A Two Mom Story,” tells the story of a little girl who learns how to be nice to her cat with the help of her two mothers.
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ACLU dismisses Wisconsin lawsuit seeking recognition of same-sex marriages
The state said in October the marriages were valid after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a ruling declaring Wisconsin’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional.
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Wisconsin: Baraboo school board adopts transgender athletics policy
The Baraboo School Board has amended its athletic and co-curricular activities policy to prohibit discrimination against transgender students.
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Lawyers who fought Wisconsin marriage ban seek $1.2 million in legal fees
Thirteen lawyers and a team of paralegals spent 2,393 hours on the case; they say the large costs are due to the state’s vigorous defense of the ban.
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Out Democrat Mark Pocan elected to 2nd term in U.S. House
MILWAUKEE — Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan has won a second term in the U.S. House seat representing the Madison area. Pocan, who is openly gay, defeated Republican Peter Theron on Tuesday.