Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Challenged in Court
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A California law barring gay  marriage violates the state's constitution because it inhibits  freedom of expression and undermines privacy, lawyers for the  city of San Francisco argued in court on Wednesday.
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A second Washington state judge ruled on Tuesday that the state&#39;s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, saying that the administration cannot limit the legal benefits of marriage to heterosexual couples.
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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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The La. Supreme Court yesterday declined legal challenges to keep a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriages and civil unions off the Sept. 18 ballot, leaving open the possibility of challenging the amendment if it passes.
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Massachusetts highest court, which legalized gay marriage here three years ago, will hear arguments in December in a case that seeks to let voters decide if same-sex couples should be allowed to wed.
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The U.S. Capitol at their backs, supporters of gay marriage pleaded, demanded and sang out for equal rights Monday, hoping they will succeed in the long term but mindful of the hostile political environment they face today. Opponents of gay marriage, led by President Bush, are trying to amend the U.S. Constitution to outlaw gay and lesbian marriages.
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Gay marriage appeal jilted: US Supreme Court leaves conservatives&#39; challenge of Mass. law at the altar. By Patriot Ledger staff and news services.
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The state Supreme Court announced it would issue a long-awaited ruling Wednesday in a case that could make Washington only the second state to allow gay marriage.
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California sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for denying its first-in-the-nation greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, challenging the Bush administration's conclusion that states have no business setting emission standards.
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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.
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The Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a dispute over same-sex marriages, rejecting a challenge to the nation&#39;s only law sanctioning such unions.
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More than two years after a Massachusetts court cleared the way for gay couples to marry, the issue faces its most serious challenge yet &amp;#151; this time in the Legislature.
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A state appeals court ruled Monday that a proposed amendment to the state Constitution banning gay marriage should remain on the ballot, overturning a lower court ruling and sending the issue to the state Supreme Court.
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The US Supreme Court Monday rejected a challenge to the Massachusetts Supreme Court&#39;s ruling in favor of gay marriage. The rejection of review by the nation&#39;s highest court
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Republican leaders are pushing for a constitutional ban on gay marriage in the GOP platform, opening a new point of contention between social conservatives and outnumbered but vocal factions fighting to give the party's statement of principles a more moderate tone.
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BOSTON -- Out-of-state gay couples barred from getting married in Massachusetts said Thursday they would appeal a judge&#39;s ruling that denied their request to halt enforcement of the 1913 law being used to block their unions.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Laws limiting marriage to a man and a woman do not violate California's constitution, but neither would a law allowing same-sex couples to marry, according to the state attorney general.    Attorney General Bill Lockyer issued the opinion Friday, a long-awaited response to a pair of lawsuits out of San Francisco challenging laws that ban gay marriage...