SCOTUS Skips Out on Same-Sex &#39;Marriage&#39; in Massachusetts
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Advocates of traditional marriage, while admitting they are not surprised, are expressing their disappointment that the US Supreme Court has chosen
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GOVERNMENT said yesterday it would approach the Constitutional Court for clarity on the Supreme Court of Appeal s&#39; decision to legalise gay marriages.
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Out-of-state gay couples are banned from marrying in Massachusetts pending a final ruling on the 1913 law that Governor Mitt Romney is using to block same-sex marriages, a Superior Court judge ruled ...
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As the nation&#39;s highest court balked at jumping into the gay marriage debate, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy [related, bio] criticized supporters of a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages, saying it would be a civil rights setback.
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PORTLAND, Ore.  - After Oregonians voted to ban  same-sex marriages earlier this month, a gay rights advocate  will no longer argue for same-sex marriage rights in the  state's supreme court, activists said on Friday.
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A federal judge in Boston has dismissed a suit by two families who wanted to stop a Massachusetts town and its public school system from teaching their children about gay marriage, court documents show.
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A judge declared Friday that a law banning same-sex marriage violates the state constitution, a first-of-its-kind ruling in New York that would clear the way for gay couples to wed if it survives on appeal.
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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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ATLANTA, Feb. 26 -- The Georgia Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal dealing with the uncertain legality of adoptions by same-sex couples, prompting cheers from gay rights advocates who feared it could have led to a more restrictive court ruling.
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RICHMOND, Nov. 28 -- A Virginia appellate court sidestepped the issue of civil unions Tuesday in ruling that, because two former lesbian partners filed for their union in Vermont, that state's courts have jurisdiction in a custody battle.
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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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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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Refusing to wade into the debate over gay marriage in Massachusetts, the US Supreme Court yesterday rejected a bid to overturn a landmark court ruling legalizing gay marriage in the Bay State.
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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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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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Less than seven months after same-sex couples began tying the knot in Massachusetts, the state is seeing its first gay divorces.
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A lesbian couple married in Massachusetts has filed for divorce in Rhode Island, setting up a legal conundrum for judges in a state where the laws are silent on the legality of same-sex marriage.