Court: Gay marriage ban can go on ballot
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The same court that made Massachusetts the first state to legalize same-sex marriage ruled Monday that a proposal for a constitutional amendment that could ban future gay marriages can move forward.
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WASHINGTON - Gay marriage is emerging as a big enough issue in several states to influence races both for Congress and the presidency.    Ballot initiatives on banning same-sex marriages are expected to propel social conservatives to the polls in 11 states, including four presidential battlegrounds: Arkansas, Ohio, Michigan and Oregon...
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Opponents of gay marriage concede victory will not be swift in their attempt to amend the U.S. Constitution, even after prevailing in all 11 states where the issue was on the ballot last month.
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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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Voters in eleven US states voted overwhelmingly to slap constitutional bans on gay marriage, one of the hottest issues in this year's presidential poll, early results showed.
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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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THE AMERICAN HOUSE OF REPS HAS VOTED AGAINST AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE. The proposed gay marriage ban was defeated in the US House of Representatives on Thursday following a vote on amending the constitution.
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NEW ORLEANS - Many New Orleans voters were unable to cast ballots for hours Saturday on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage because voting machines had not been delivered to polling places, a state official said.    At least 59 precincts did not have voting machines when polls opened at 6 a.m...
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Voters in 11 states approved constitutional amendments Tuesday to ban same-sex marriage, in most cases by overwhelming margins. The amendments - on the ballots in 11 states
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BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana voters decided Saturday whether to approve a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year...
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The city will appeal a judge's ruling against the state ban on same-sex marriages, the mayor said Saturday.
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The Massachusetts Supreme Court dealt a blow to same-sex marriages in the only US state where they are authorized by allowing the possible introduction of a constitutional amendment banning the unions.
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The Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a dispute over gay marriages, rejecting a challenge to the nation's only law sanctioning such unions.
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In a coast-to-coast rejection of gay marriage, voters in 11 states approved constitutional amendments yesterday limiting marriage to one man and one woman.
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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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In addition to Wisconsin, three other states &#151; Arizona, Colorado and Virginia &#151; are viewed by gay-rights strategists as having closely contested campaigns this fall over proposed constitutional amendments that would ban gay marriage and civil unions. A brief look at the campaigns:
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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.