Washington Judge Rules on Gay Marriage
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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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The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed  as a federal judge a woman who attended a same-sex commitment  ceremony, overwhelmingly rejecting the concerns of a Republican  senator running for the White House.
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Canada's Supreme Court tells the government it can legalise gay marriage without violating the constitution.
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The Louisiana Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated the anti-gay marriage amendment to the state constitution that was overwhelmingly approved by voters in September.
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A gay couple from Rhode Island has the right to marry in Massachusetts because laws in their home state do not expressly prohibit same-sex marriage, a judge ruled Friday.
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A state judge on Wednesday declined to halt enforcement of a 1913 state law barring out-of-state couples from marrying in Massachusetts.
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California's marriage laws do not violate the constitutional rights of gays and lesbians, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
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SEATTLE -- A judge has put off a decision on a lawsuit seeking removal of a Ten Commandments monument outside the Everett police headquarters until the Supreme Court rules on two similar cases.
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Of the 11 states considering the issue, all 11 passed resolutions limiting state sanction marriages to one man and one woman. The measures passed by large margins in every state including Oregon, where gay-rights activists had hoped to prevail.
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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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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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A judge Friday granted a state Republican Party request to block the counting of hundreds of recently discovered King County ballots in Washington's extremely close governor's race.
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SASKATOON (CP) - Gay couples may now tie the knot in more than half of the provinces and territories in Canada after a Saskatchewan court ruled Friday that the traditional definition of marriage is unconstitutional.
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BOSTON Aug. 19, 2004  A state judge upheld a 1913 law that prohibits out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts, where same-sex marriage between residents has been legal since May.
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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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A federal judge heard arguments Thursday in the case of an atheist who wants to prevent a Christian minister from reciting a prayer at President Bush's inauguration.
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BATON ROUGE, La. - A state judge Tuesday threw out a Louisiana constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, less than three weeks after it was overwhelmingly approved by the voters...