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State Supreme Court grills lawyers in same-sex marriage case
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Opponents of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples are decrying the governor for signing two bills extending rights and protections to "domestic partners" in health care and taxation in Maryland. (article 10)
P When will county clerks issue marriage licenses to gay couples? Not until after the court's decision becomes final - at least 30 days. (article 1)
P (05-15) 12:38 PDT SAN FRANCISCO The California Supreme Court struck a historic but possibly short-lived blow for gay rights Thursday, overturning a state law that allowed only opposite-sex couples to marry. (article 2)
The state Constitution's guarantees of personal privacy and autonomy protect " the right of an individual to establish a legally recognized family with the person of one's choice said Chief Justice Ronald George, who wrote the 121-page majority opinion. (article 2)
In Rhode Island, for example, the state's top court ruled in December that gays married in Massachusetts can't get divorced here because lawmakers have never defined marriage as anything but a union between a man and woman. (article 9)
When same-sex unions become legal in California later this month, throngs of gay and lesbian couples, both from in the state and around the country, are expected to hasten to the altar. (article 8)
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Marriage, Couples, sex, court, gay |
Source articles
- SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DECISION (sfgate.com, 06/04/2008, 343 words)
- State's top court strikes down marriage ban (sfgate.com, 06/04/2008, 1320 words)
- Governor backs same-sex marriage ruling (sfgate.com, 06/04/2008, 599 words)
- State Supreme Court grills lawyers in same-sex marriage case (sfgate.com, 06/04/2008, 1311 words)
- body {background:#FFFFFF} (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 501 words)
- State high court refuses to put same-sex ruling on hold (sfgate.com, 06/04/2008, 579 words)
- Justice says gay marriage ruling was one of his toughest (sfgate.com, 06/04/2008, 347 words)
- State sees economic windfall in gay weddings (sfgate.com, 06/04/2008, 1051 words)
- Those who wed in Massachusetts have trouble splitting up in their home states (sfgate.com, 06/04/2008, 771 words)
- How would critics protect families? - (baltimoresun.com, 06/05/2008, 147 words)
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