Court decision seen fueling Conn. drive for gay marriages
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HARTFORD -- The US Supreme Courtâs refusal Monday to consider a challenge to state authority over gay marriages could boost the chances for same-sex marriage or civil union legislation in Connecticut, one key lawmaker said.
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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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The Supreme Court of Canada gave the  federal government the go-ahead on Thursday to legalize gay  marriage, opening the way for a fierce political battle in  Parliament next year over its proposed legislation.
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- She vows to work hard to get President Bush re-elected this fall, but Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell is breaking from the GOP ranks in opposing a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage.
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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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Facing pressure from the state's top court, the New Jersey Legislature voted Thursday to give gay and lesbian couples the rights and privileges of marriage, while using the term "civil unions" to describe the partnerships.
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A Rhode Island lesbian couple on Friday won approval from a judge to marry in Massachusetts, paving the way for the first legal wedding of a same-sex couple from outside the only U.S. state where gay marriage is allowed.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg faced  pressure from both sides over gay marriage on Monday after  saying the city would appeal a court ruling overturning a ban  on gay unions even though he supports them.
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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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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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Since the US Supreme Court decided to stay mum on the Massachusetts high court ruling that permits same-sex marriage, attorneys pushing San Francisco&#39;s anti-discrimination case said Monday they hope a similar hands-off attitude will prevail if they are
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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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The Supreme Court of Canada gave the  federal government the go-ahead on Thursday to legalize gay  marriage, prompting Prime Minister Paul Martin to announce  plans to introduce a redefinition of marriage early next year.
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A Supreme Court decision in favor of one protesting village has inspired others.
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A judge from Massachusetts' highest court, which legalized gay marriage here three years ago, heard arguments on Thursday in a case that seeks to let voters decide if same-sex couples should be allowed to wed.
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By SCOTT VAN VOORHIS  A ruling by the state's highest court has thrown a monkey wrench into a plan to transform a stretch of East Cambridge into a new, upscale neighborhood.
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The ritual was replayed from Boston to San Francisco: Exuberant gay couples sharing marriage vows and slices of wedding cake. Gays thought barriers were finally crumbling. Then came the elections.