Judge deals blow to defense as Methodist trial of lesbian minister ...
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The presiding judge in the church trial of a Methodist minister who declared she is a lesbian in a committed relationship ruled Wednesday that the cleric&#39;s defense could not call witnesses who would challenge the denomination&#39;s ban on sexually active gay
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ST. GEORGE, Utah  - Attorneys for polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who is on trial as an accomplice to rape, said on Friday that "religion was on trial" and the state had overstepped its bounds in bringing the case.
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Compensation is awarded to a gay man whose appointment as a youth worker was blocked by the Church of England.
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A judge Thursday rejected a request by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport to delay a trial dealing with alleged sex abuse by priests, a ruling the diocese said would force it to file bankruptcy.
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A judge in Spain has stripped a mother  of custody of her two daughters because she is a lesbian, media  said on Monday, in a ruling that has sparked an outcry in the  gay community and brought disciplinary action against him.
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Showdown over judge who ruled for a white woman's use of a racial insult to a black colleague.
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A judge has thrown out several claims of sex abuse involving a Roman Catholic priest in Northern California, striking a potential blow to hundreds of men and women who allege they were molested while diocese officials looked the other way.
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A magistrate who refused to deal with a defendant because she was wearing a full veil could face disciplinary action.
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The judge in the Scott Peterson murder trial on Tuesday delayed the start of the defense case for a week.
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A judge criticises evidence presented at the trial of a man accused of murdering 29 people in Omagh.
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Conservative Anglicans suffer a setback in their efforts to expel the US Church over its liberal stance on homosexuality.
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On Tuesday, a second Washington Superior Court judge ruled that prohibitions on same-sex marriage cannot survive court scrutiny. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks based his decision
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A D.C. judge handed a sharp defeat to members of Shiloh Baptist Church who have sought to oust their pastor, ruling today that an August vote to remove the Rev. Charles Wallace Smith was invalid.
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A Methodist minister who was defrocked last month for declaring herself a lesbian said Monday that she will appeal the decision through church courts.
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A county judge struck down Iowa's decade-old gay marriage ban as unconstitutional Thursday and ordered local officials to process marriage licenses for six gay couples.
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The United Methodist Church defrocked a lesbian minister who lives with her partner Thursday for violating the denomination's ban on actively gay clergy &#151; the first such decision by the church in 17 years.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- A judge today rejected a defense effort to remove the district attorney in the Michael Jackson child molestation case on the grounds that the pop star had been the victim of an overzealous prosecution.