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Jackson, Wyo. adds protections for LGBT workers in hiring policies
JACKSON, Wyo. — The Jackson, Wyo., town council has formally added protections for LGBT people to its hiring policies. The council voted 3-0 in favor of the changes on May 27. Town Council Don Frank says adding protections to the policy manual “is in the finer spirit of liberty and justice.”
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Prominent Wyo. lawyers speak out in support of marriage equality
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — More than 50 Wyoming lawyers, including a former state Attorney General, are expressing support for a group’s effort to change state law to allow same-sex couples to marry.
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State of Wyoming urges judge to dismiss same-sex marriage suit
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The state of Wyoming has asked a district judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by four gay couples and a gay rights advocacy group seeking to force the state to recognize same-sex marriage.
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Simpson: Time to ‘live and let live’ and allow gay couples the freedom to marry
Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, a Republican, says it’s time to “live and let live” and allow same-sex couples the freedom to marry.
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Same-sex marriage supporters launch public education campaign in Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Scores of same-sex marriage supporters in Wyoming gathered in front of the state Capitol on Monday to kick off a public education campaign aimed at building support for marriage equality in the “Equality State.”
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Wyo. lawmaker defends book on AIDS that describes gays as promiscuous
CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming’s newest lawmaker is defending a book he wrote nearly three decades ago that says many gay people demand the right to have sex with children and people with AIDS should be quarantined if they continue having sex.
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Lawsuit filed challenging Wyoming’s ban on same-sex marriage
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Four same-sex couples and Wyoming Equality filed a lawsuit in state court in Cheyenne on Wednesday challenging Wyoming’s laws that prohibit same-sex couples from marrying and recognition of marriages of same-sex couples performed outside the state.
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Wyoming House defeats bills on both sides of same-sex marriage issue
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming House on Thursday defeated bills on both sides of the same-sex marriage issue. The House first defeated a bill that would have changed state law to allow same-sex marriages. Later, it defeated another bill that would have specified that that Wyoming wouldn’t recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.
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Laramie lawmaker introduces bill to allow same-sex marriage in Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A Laramie lawmaker is pushing legislation to change Wyoming state law to allow same-sex marriages.
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Liz Cheney abandoning bid to unseat Wyoming’s GOP senator
WASHINGTON — Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, said Monday she is abandoning her effort to unseat Republican incumbent Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming.