Maryland court strikes down same-sex marriage
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Maryland's highest court ruled on Tuesday that marriage is between a man and a woman, overturning a lower court ruling and dashing the hopes of nine same-sex couples who wanted legal protection for long-term partners.
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EDMONTON - Alberta, the province most vehemently opposed to same-sex marriage, set the stage for more legal battles today following the Supreme Courtâs landmark ruling on the issue.
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The US Supreme Court rejected without comment a challenge by conservative groups to the legality of same-sex marriages in Massachusetts, the only US state allowing such unions.
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The Washington Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on gay marriage Wednesday, dealing the gay rights movement its second major defeat in less than a month in another liberal-leaning state that had been regarded as a promising battleground.
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Maryland's highest court has rejected a challenge to the state's electronic voting system and upheld a ruling that touchscreen-style voting machines provide a reasonable level of ballot security.
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court declined to step into the nationwide debate over same-sex marriages yesterday, refusing to hear a challenge to the only state law that sanctions such unions.
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Saying the state constitution broadly guarantees equality, a judge struck down Washington's ban on same-sex marriage and set the stage for an appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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Maryland's highest court ruled today that the state's protocol for carrying out executions was adopted improperly, a defect that the court said must be addressed before any other condemned inmates may be put to death.
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OTTAWA (CP) - There is no need for the Supreme Court to rule on the legality of same-sex marriage because it's already been decided, a national gay and lesbian group argued Wednesday.
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The Supreme Court sidestepped the nationwide battle over same-sex marriage yesterday, declining to hear a case aimed at overturning the Massachusetts law that made it legal this year for gay couples to marry.
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WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to the country&#39;s only law legalizing gay marriage. Conservative groups had asked the court to overturn a November 2003 ruling by the Massachusetts
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Echoing the ruling of another local court, a Thurston County judge ruled Tuesday that Washington state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
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BATON ROUGE, La. - A state judge Tuesday threw out a Louisiana constitutional amendment banning gay marriage...
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The Supreme Court refused to hear a case Monday that challenged a Massachusetts court decision that allows same sex marriage in that state.
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The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Tuesday it does not have authority to prevent a Nov. 2 vote on a proposed Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages.
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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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Maryland's highest court has  rejected a challenge to the state's electronic voting system  and upheld a ruling that the touchscreen-style voting machines  provide a reasonable level of ballot security.