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Poll: Majority of Wyoming residents support marriage equality
LARAMIE, Wyo. — Just weeks after same-sex couples in Wyoming gained the the right to marry, a new survey finds the majority of the state’s residents support marriage for same-sex couples.
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Holder: U.S. to recognize same-sex marriages in six new states
WASHINGTON — The federal government is recognizing gay marriage in six more states, extending federal benefits to those couples. Attorney General Eric Holder says the states are: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming.
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Wyoming LGBT advocates turn attention to statewide anti-discrimination law
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Fresh off their victory to legalize same-sex marriages in Wyoming, advocates for gay rights are turning their attention to other state laws they say need to be changed. “The work’s not over,” Jeran Artery, of Wyoming Equality, said.
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Marriage equality in the ‘Equality State’ – Wyoming legalizes same-sex marriage
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming stood poised Tuesday to become the latest state to allow gay marriage, bringing the national wave of expanded rights for same-sex couples to a state where the 1998 beating death of Matthew Shepard still influences national perceptions. The state was scheduled to file a legal notice saying it won’t defend…
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Wyoming same-sex marriages to begin on Tuesday
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Same-sex couples will have to wait until Tuesday before they can get married in Wyoming. Wyoming Attorney General Peter Michael says the state will notify a federal court at 10 .m. Tuesday that it won’t appeal last Friday’s ruling that struck down the state’s ban on gay marriage.
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The week in review: The latest developments in marriage equality…
Same-sex couples won the right to wed in Alaska and Arizona on Friday, after separate court decisions ended bans in those states. And a third ruling in Wyoming means marriages there could begin within a week. The rulings bookend two weeks of legal wrangling, triggered by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week that effectively legalized same-sex marriage …
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Federal judge strikes down Wyoming same-sex marriage ban
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A federal judge has ordered Wyoming to allow same-sex marriage but has stayed his decision so that the state can appeal if it wants. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl ruled Friday that the state must comply with a ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that permits same-sex marriage….
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Wyoming governor says state shouldn’t appeal gay marriage loss
RIVERTON, Wyo. — Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead says the state shouldn’t appeal if a federal judge rules against it in a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. Mead addressed the issue Thursday night in a Wyoming Public Television debate in Riverton.
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Judge to rule by Monday in challenge to Wyoming same-sex marriage ban
CASPER, Wyo. — A federal judge says he will rule by Monday on whether Wyoming must allow same-sex couples to wed. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl heard arguments Thursday in Casper on a lawsuit filed by four same-sex couples seeking to force Wyoming to allow gay marriage in response to federal court rulings that apply to the state.
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Same-sex marriage battle moves to federal court in Wyoming
CASPER, Wyo. — The legal battle to allow same-sex couples to wed moves to a federal court in Wyoming, one of the dwindling number of states still fighting to keep state gay marriage bans in place. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl scheduled a hearing Thursday on a lawsuit filed by four same-sex couples seeking to force Wyoming to allow…