ACLU Shifts Argument in Oregon Gay Marriage Case
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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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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.
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Citing wording they say is vague and misleading, opponents of a proposed gay-marriage ban in Michigan want judges to order the Board of State Canvassers to rework
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EDMONTON - Alberta, the province most vehemently opposed to same-sex marriage, set the stage for more legal battles today following the Supreme Courtâs landmark ruling on the issue.
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court declined to step into the nationwide debate over same-sex marriages yesterday, refusing to hear a challenge to the only state law that sanctions such unions.
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PORTLAND, Ore.  - An Oregon county was ordered by  a judge to start issuing marriage licenses again after  officials stopped granting them earlier this year to avoid  discriminating between heterosexual and homosexual couples.
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Supreme Court touched off fresh controversy over gay rights yesterday when it ordered the government to register same-sex marriages of couples who wed abroad. The ruling by a seven-judge panel, though limited in scope, reignited a debate over the rights of homosexuals in Israel. The 6-to-1 decision was hailed by rights advocates as a political advance ...
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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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SAN FRANCISCO - Laws limiting marriage to a man and a woman do not run afoul of California's constitution, Attorney General Bill Lockyer declared Friday in a long-awaited legal opinion that sought to avoid offending either side in the gay marriage debate.    In answering two lawsuits seeking to put California on par with Massachusetts, where gay marriage is legal, Lockyer said it was up to voters or the Legislature to decide whether to change "the common and traditional understanding" of matrimony that "pre-dates the founding of this state or nation."  "There is simply no deeply rooted tradition of same-sex marriage in California or in any other state," he said, while acknowledging that "committed and loving relationships between two individuals deserve recognition under California law."   The lawsuits claim California's marriage laws violate the state constitution's anti-discrimination provisions, an argument Lockyer rejected in the 37-page brief...
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A second Washington state judge ruled  on Tuesday that the state's ban on gay marriage is  unconstitutional, saying that the administration cannot limit  the legal benefits of marriage to heterosexual couples.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Alberta, the province most vehemently opposed to same-sex marriage, set the stage for more legal battles Thursday following the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on the issue.
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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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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal Conservatives are girding for a same-sex battle with Paul Martin's Liberals, saying they will move to protect the traditional definition of marriage.
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The American Civil Liberties Union asked the Supreme Court on Friday to hear its challenge to Florida's ban on adoptions by gays.
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Gay rights groups plan to limit challenges to constitutional amendments banning gay marriage that 11 states passed last week.
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Washington - The United States (US) Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the only state that allows gay marriages, declining to hear an appeal aimed at overturning the Massachusetts law that prompted a debate on the legality and morality of same-sex
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The U.S. government asked a judge Friday to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the 8-year-old federal law that bans gay marriage.