Ansley v. Warren (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-143-17, 18 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 16-2082, June 28, 2017; USDC at Asheville, N.C. (Cogburn, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Plaintiffs, including same-sex couples who are either engaged or married, cannot rely on taxpayer standing ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Linda Massey opposes gay marriage. But she was incensed last summer to see that Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk, was refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. “If the government says you have to give out those marriage licenses, ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is paying about $215,000 in legal fees to two couples who challenged the state’s gay marriage ban. Same-sex couples had sued in federal courts in Charleston and Columbia for the right to be married ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two Republican presidential candidates planned jailhouse meetings Tuesday with Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, raising her conservative-hero status as she remains behind bars over her refusal to give marriage licenses to gay couples. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike ...

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MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against the Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, and the clerk will arrive at work Tuesday morning to face her moment of truth. Rowan County Clerk Kim ...

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MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky clerk’s office on Thursday again refused to issue a marriage license to a gay couple, in defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage across the country two months ago. Rowan ...

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Haas v. South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-144-15, 5 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 6:14-cv-04246; D.S.C. Holding: Plaintiffs’ lawsuit seeks to have the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles recognize a marriage license as evidence of ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina shouldn’t have to pay legal fees for a couple who challenged its gay marriage ban because that state was merely defending its law, the state’s top prosecutor argued Wednesday. Judges can order losing parties to ...

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CHARLESTON (AP) — Two couples who challenged South Carolina’s gay marriage ban want to be reimbursed by the state almost a quarter-million dollars in attorney fees and court costs. Same-sex couples had sued in federal courts in Charleston and Columbia ...

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MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States. Gay and lesbian couples already could marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. ...

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