State Seeks Clarity On Court&#39;s Nod to Gay Marriages
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GOVERNMENT said yesterday it would approach the Constitutional Court for clarity on the Supreme Court of Appeal s&#39; decision to legalise gay marriages.
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As gay rights supporters and foes gathered outside, a U.S. federal court on Wednesday took up the question of whether a Massachusetts town and its school district infringed on parents' rights when a teacher read young students a book with a gay theme.
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When it comes to statewide votes on gay marriage, the score so far is 20-0 in favor of keeping it a one-man, one-woman institution.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 -- A state appeals court ruled Thursday that California's ban on same-sex marriage does not violate the constitutional rights of gay men and lesbians, a critical defeat to a movement hungry for a win after high courts in New York and Washington state upheld similar bans.
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Gov. Mitt Romney asked Massachusetts' highest court Friday to force a proposed anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment onto the state's 2008 ballot if the Legislature fails to vote on it.
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TACOMA  A judge in Tacoma has backed the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a &quot;legal union between one man and one woman.&quot; ...
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The first anniversary of the court decision sanctioning gay marriage in Massachusetts was marked with little fanfare Thursday, but both sides in the controversy said it was simply the calm before a renewed political and legal storm.
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An amendment to the Louisiana Constitution banning gay marriages will be taken up Wednesday by the state Supreme Court on a tricky legal question â-nd not the marriage issue itself.
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People on both sides of the debate about same-sex marriage made a last-minute push to sway lawmakers Wednesday, a day before the Legislature planned to decide whether to ask voters to amend the state constitution to ban the practice.
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Since the US Supreme Court decided to stay mum on the Massachusetts high court ruling that permits same-sex marriage, attorneys pushing San Francisco&#39;s anti-discrimination case said Monday they hope a similar hands-off attitude will prevail if they are
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The legal drive to make California the second state in which same-sex couples can marry resumed on Wednesday with arguments in a pair of lawsuits that seek to have the state&#39;s laws banning same-sex marriage overturned.
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Massachusetts will remain the one and only state in the nation that allows gay marriage. The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to the 1-year-old decision by the state&#39;s highest court that legalized same-sex marriages.
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Gay couples have been marrying in Massachusetts for more than three years, but the battle over same-sex marriage in the only state that allows it is anything but settled.
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In nearly a dozen states yesterday, voters sent the loud, clear message that they think marriage should be reserved for unions between a man and a woman.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Many judges and federal lawmakers might support gay marriage, but the court of public opinion isn't so sure.
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Gay couples should be allowed to marry  because the state's constitution guarantees equality for all, a  New York judge said on Friday in a ruling that could eventually  clear the way for same-sex unions in New York.
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A judge declared Friday that a law banning same-sex marriage violates the state constitution, a first-of-its-kind ruling in New York that would clear the way for gay couples to wed if it survives on appeal.