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Kim Davis is trying to get marriage equality overturned by the Supreme Court

Yes, Kim Davis is back. Again. A brief filed this week by her lawyers at Liberty Counsel argues that the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges ruling should be overturned.

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Marriage Equality

Appeals Court Unmarries Three Gay Couples in Tenn.

By granting the Tennessee attorney general's request for a stay, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals voided the recently recognized legal marriages of three same-sex couples.

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Marriage Equality

Supreme Court Justice Teases 'Opportunities' for Marriage

Will the Supreme Court finally hear a case that could resolve marriage equality nationwide? Some court-watchers say Justice Stephen Breyer's remarks this weekend indicate that possibility.

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Marriage Equality

Tennessee Desperate to Keep Marriage Case Out of Court

Tennessee officials want the U.S. Supreme Court to keep an antigay ruling in place, upholding the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

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Marriage Equality

Texas, Louisiana Marriage Bans Finally Headed to Court

A federal appeals court will hear cases challenging bans on same-sex marriage in Texas and Louisiana January 9.

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Marriage Equality

Federal Judge Rules Michigan Must Recognize Married Same-Sex Couples

A judge ruled that Michigan's decision not to recognize the marriages of 300 same-sex couples 'unquestionably wounds them deeply.'

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Marriage Equality

Supreme Court Sets a Date for Marriage Cases

Attorneys representing same-sex couples hoping to secure the freedom to marry nationwide will have their day in court on April 28.

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News

Federal appeals court upholds Tennessee drag ban

The court ruled that the plaintiffs did not have standing.

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Marriage Equality

SCOTUS Moves Closer to Taking Marriage Case

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider taking up four marriage cases that saw bans on same-sex marriage upheld in Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky.

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Law

Kentucky Allowed to Enforce Trans Care Ban, Appeals Court Rules

The Sixth Circuit had ruled similarly in a case out of Tennessee.

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Marriage Equality

Will SCOTUS Take Up Ohio Marriage Cases?

Two cases involving marriage equality in Ohio are being proposed for the Supreme Court's schedule.

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Marriage Equality

Mich. Gov. Agrees to Recognize 300 Same-Sex Marriages

But the state will continue to defend its ban on such unions at the Supreme Court this spring.

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U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS Rejects Louisiana, Stays Mum on Marriage

While the court won't be hearing a case from Louisiana, it still might consider marriage equality cases out of Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan.

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Marriage Equality

Idaho Gov, AG Fighting to Re-ban Marriage Equality

Same-sex couples have been marrying in the Gem State since October -- and the state's highest officials are not happy about it.

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Marriage Equality

BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court Upholds Marriage Bans in 4 States

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals found bans on same-sex marriage in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan to be perfectly lawful.

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Marriage Equality

Supreme Court Will Hear Marriage Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear four marriage equality cases from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld marriage bans in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

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Marriage Equality

Michigan Claims 300 Same-Sex Marriages 'Never Existed'

The Sixth Circuit's decision upholding marriage bans is being cited as reason to ignore 300 same-sex couples who got marriage licenses.

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Marriage Equality

SCOTUS Now Has 5 Chances to Rule on Marriage Bans

Attorneys for the same-sex couples hoping to overturn Louisiana's ban on marriage equality have petitioned the Supreme Court to hear their case, even before a lower court rules.

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World

Appeals Court Revives Case of Antigay Counseling Student

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Marriage Equality

Everything You Need to Know About Marriage in Tennessee

Updated January 19: Get up to speed on the complex state of marriage equality in Tennessee.

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South Carolina

Federal Judge Strikes Down South Carolina's Marriage Ban

U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel ruled South Carolina's marriage ban unconstitutional, but placed his decision on hold until November 20.