California court backs ban on same-sex marriages
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 5 - A California appeals court upheld on Thursday the state's ban on same-sex marriage, reversing a lower court's judgment against a voter-approved law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
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MADRID A law that would give gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain&#39;s Socialist government Friday.
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The state Supreme Court announced it would issue a long-awaited ruling Wednesday in a case that could make Washington only the second state to allow gay marriage.
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A Senate committee approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Thursday, after a shouting match that ended when one Democrat strode out and the Republican chairman bid him &quot;good riddance.&quot;
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Massachusetts will remain the one and only state in the nation that allows gay marriage. The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to the 1-year-old decision by the state&#39;s highest court that legalized same-sex marriages.
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Voters in 10 US states have approved a ban on gay marriages, according to early data of the referendums held there. Oklahoma, Georgia, North Dakota, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Utah, Mississippi and
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Committed gay couples can be  granted the same rights as married heterosexuals but should not  be allowed to marry, California's top legal official said in a  court filing on Friday.
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Still reeling from the passage last month of constitutional bans on same-sex marriage in 11 states, gay rights advocates moved on Wednesday to undo California&#39;s prohibition
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Maryland's highest court on Tuesday upheld a state law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, ending a lawsuit filed by same-sex couples who claimed they were being denied fundamental rights.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Laws limiting marriage to a man and a woman do not violate California's constitution, but neither would a law allowing same-sex couples to marry, according to the state attorney general.    Attorney General Bill Lockyer issued the opinion Friday, a long-awaited response to a pair of lawsuits out of San Francisco challenging laws that ban gay marriage...
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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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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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Louisiana voters on Saturday  overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state constitution  banning gay marriages and civil unions.
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The fight for gay marriage appeared to be gaining ground a year ago. Although dozens of states had passed laws defining marriage as a heterosexual institution, advocates took heart in state-sanctioned civil unions in Vermont, expanded domestic partnership benefits in California, and a Supreme Court decision striking down the Texas sodomy ban.
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The US Supreme Court on Monday chose not to hear a challenge on same-sex marriage from Massachusetts, the only state where it&#39;s legal.
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A controversial law that would give gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain&#39;s Socialist government Friday.
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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.