Mass. gay marriage faces test this week
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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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Gay couples in New Hampshire will able to join in civil unions starting next year under a bill Gov. John Lynch signed into law Thursday.
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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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Massachusetts lawmakers ended debate on proposed constitutional amendments Wednesday before dealing with the most volatile issue on their agenda: a proposal to outlaw gay marriage in the only state where it is legal.
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Same-sex marriage will remain legal in Massachusetts, as its proponents won a pitched months-long battle today.
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By RAY HENRY  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island should recognize state employees' gay marriages that are performed in neighboring Massachusetts and extend benefits to their partners, the state's attorney general said in an opinion released Wednesday.
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The same court that made Massachusetts the first state to legalize gay marriage ruled Monday that a proposed constitutional amendment to ban future same-sex marriages can be placed on the ballot, if approved by the Legislature.
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The November elections in Massachusetts were supposed to be Phase Two in the state's epic gay-rights battle, a time for political payback and citizen retaliation for votes cast during this year's debate on gay marriage.
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A state judge on Wednesday rejected a challenge of a 1913 law barring out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts, where residents have had that first-in-the-nation right since May.
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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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Final approval appears likely this week for a bill sending multiparty cases from state to federal court.
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Gay marriage opponents launched a petition drive Monday in hopes of persuading lawmakers to amend the state constitution to include a definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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News events to watch for in the coming week.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg staked out a compromise position in the gay-marriage debate: He would publicly support gay marriage, but challenge a court decision allowing it.
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(West Hartford-AP, Nov. 30, 2004 8:07 PM) _ A Boston lawyer who led the fight for same-sex marriage in Massachusetts told about 50 students and visitors at the University of Hartford today that the time appears
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Gay couples in New Hampshire can start applying for many of the rights and responsibilities of marriage as early as January under a law Gov. John Lynch signed Thursday establishing civil unions.
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WASHINGTON (BP)--The US Supreme Court refused Nov. 29 to review the decision by the Massachusetts high court that legalized same-sex &quot;marriage&quot; in that state.