Recap: Day 4 in Michigan's gay marriage ban trial
DETROIT, MI — The trial in a Hazel Park couple's challenge of Michigan's gay marriage ban continues Friday with more testimony from Nancy Cott, a Harvard University history professor who …
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Trial challenging Michigan's gay marriage ban begins
(Detroit Free Press/WZZM) — The fate of Michigan's gay-marriage ban is officially in the hands of a federal judge, who Tuesday morning heard opening statements in a case that will …
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott promises appeal to gay marriage ruling
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office was working on an appeal Thursday of a federal judge's decision to lift the state's ban on gay marriage. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia …
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Louisiana attorney general hires special counsel to fight challenges to gay …
Louisiana is bringing in a pinch hitter to attempt to bat away any challenges to the state's gay marriage ban, state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell confirmed Tuesday (Feb. 25). Caldwell's …
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Texas gay marriage ban struck down
Texas moved to join 17 states and the District of Columbia on Wednesday in allowing gay couples to legally wed, after a federal judge struck down the state's nine-year-old amendment …
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2nd Illinois county issues gay marriage licenses
CHICAGO — Champaign County began issuing same-sex marriage licenses Wednesday, making it the second county to do so after a federal judge ruled Cook County gay couples did not have …
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Conservative states propel same-sex marriage movement
No state or federal judge has opposed gay marriage since the Supreme Court in June allowed gay men and lesbians to marry in California and struck down the Defense of …
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Live from the courthouse: Day 3 in Michigan's gay marriage ban trial
DETROIT, MI — The trial in a Hazel Park couple's challenge of Michigan's gay marriage ban continues Thursday with more testimony from a demographer who studies gay, lesbian, bisexual and …
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Ky. ordered to recognize out-of-state gay marriages
In an interview with The New York Times, Holder said officials who have carefully studied bans on gay marriage could refuse to defend them. In the motion filed Thursday, assistant …
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Speaking to the National Association of Attorneys General, Holder said that any decision not to defend individual laws in court must be "exceedingly rare" and reserved for "exceptional circumstances." He …
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