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Group seeks recognition of state’s gay marriages (UPDATE)
A civil rights group filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking recognition of Wisconsin gay couples who married in June after a judge temporarily blocked the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
Federal court stays gay marriage ruling
A federal appeals court has stayed a ruling that Wisconsin's gay marriage ban is unconstitutional.
Gay marriage on hold in Ind. pending high court decision
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has put its decision overturning same-sex marriage bans in Indiana on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court decides what it will do with the cases.
State appeals gay marriage case to high court (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that the state's gay marriage ban is unconstitutional.
Posner notable, quotable in same-sex marriage decision
Maybe I wasn't reading as many tweets about prior same-sex marriage decisions, but I don't remember seeing nearly as many memorable quotes as I did Thursday.
La. same-sex marriage ruling breaks streak
A federal judge upheld Louisiana's ban on same-sex marriages Wednesday, as well as the state's refusal to recognize gay marriages legally performed in other states.
Judges chide state lawyers over gay marriage bans
Federal appeals judges bristled on Tuesday at arguments defending gay marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin, with one Republican appointee comparing them to now-defunct laws that once outlawed weddings between blacks and whites.
7th Circuit to hear gay marriage arguments Tuesday
A federal appeals court is set to hear oral arguments on whether gay couples have the constitutional right to marry in Wisconsin.
7th Circuit judges demand attorney defend herself against possible sanctions
The 7th Circuit didn’t mince words Wednesday when it said it was “troubled” by a Madison lawyer’s conduct in a mortgage case.
ACLU: Gay marriage ban has no ‘legitimate purpose’
Wisconsin's gay marriage ban denies same-sex couples legal protections and serves no legitimate government purpose, the American Civil Liberties Union argued Monday in a brief asking a federal appeals court to preserve a ruling that struck down the prohibition.
Van Hollen: Gay marriage isn’t a fundamental right (UPDATE)
Wisconsin's attorney general compared gay marriage to abortion on Wednesday in arguing that there was no fundamental right to it and state laws defining marriage as between one man and one woman were reasonable.
Court to hear gay marriage arguments Aug. 13
A federal appeals court in Chicago will hear arguments in challenges of gay marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana's on Aug. 13.
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