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Constitution Check: If DOMA falls, must states opposing gay marriages accept...
Lyle Denniston looks at a theory that individual states would have to accept same-sex marriage and polygamy if courts strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. The statement at issue: “In allowing one...
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Proposition 8 gay marriage case heads to Supreme Court
Setting up an appeal to the Supreme Court on the volatile constitutional issue of same-sex marriage, the federal appeals court in San Francisco has refused to reconsider a decision that nullified...
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Interracial marriage as a litmus test for same-sex marriage
In June 1958, Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving, were married in Washington, D.C. When the couple returned to their Virginia home, they were arrested and charged with violating the state’s...
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Legal doctrine, social change and the path of civil rights progress
Scholars and commentators have long debated the proper role of the nation’s highest court in addressing social problems in America. But these questions reach far beyond the confines of the Ivory Tower...
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Chick-fil-A controversy raises constitutional awareness, and one issue
The public battle over Chick-fil-A and its leader’s stance on same-sex marriage might have a good side effect: It’s raising public awareness of the First Amendment of the Constitution. But in the long...
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Why same-sex marriage seems lost as an election issue
Update (12/7/12): Supreme Court to hear gay marriage cases Lyle Denniston, who has covered the Supreme Court for 54 years, explains what’s at stake after the court’s historic decision on Friday to hear...
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Will November be same-sex marriage month?
Update (12/7/12): Supreme Court to hear gay marriage cases Lyle Denniston, who has covered the Supreme Court for 54 years, explains what’s at stake after the court’s historic decision on Friday to hear...
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What’s the court doing with same-sex marriage cases?
Update (12/7/12): Supreme Court to hear gay marriage cases Lyle Denniston, who has covered the Supreme Court for 54 years, explains what’s at stake after the court’s historic decision on Friday to hear...
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Developing: Supreme Court will consider same-sex marriage cases
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases involving same-sex marriage next March and likely issue a ruling in June 2013, in one of the most widely anticipated cases in recent years. Image via Chris...
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Court to rule on same-sex marriage: What’s at stake
In a historic step that rivals other Supreme Court moves into the center of America’s cultural character, the justices on Friday agreed to consider the constitutionality of federal and state laws that...
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Gay weddings: Will they be legal in June?
The Supreme Court on Friday set in motion its constitutional machinery on the issue of same-sex marriage, probably producing a result in June, the most popular month for weddings. Friday thus marked a...
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Constitution Check: Should gay Americans be afraid of the Supreme Court?
Lyle Denniston examines the apprehension that some same-sex couples may have as the Supreme Court nears a decision on gay marriage–and why the wait may be worth it in the long run for all parties...
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Why same-sex marriage seems lost as an election issue
Update (12/7/12): Supreme Court to hear gay marriage cases Lyle Denniston, who has covered the Supreme Court for 54 years, explains what’s at stake after the court’s historic decision on Friday to hear...
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Will November be same-sex marriage month?
Update (12/7/12): Supreme Court to hear gay marriage cases Lyle Denniston, who has covered the Supreme Court for 54 years, explains what’s at stake after the court’s historic decision on Friday to hear...
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What’s the court doing with same-sex marriage cases?
Update (12/7/12): Supreme Court to hear gay marriage cases Lyle Denniston, who has covered the Supreme Court for 54 years, explains what’s at stake after the court’s historic decision on Friday to hear...
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Developing: Supreme Court will consider same-sex marriage cases
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases involving same-sex marriage next March and likely issue a ruling in June 2013, in one of the most widely anticipated cases in recent years. Image via Chris...
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Court to rule on same-sex marriage: What’s at stake
In a historic step that rivals other Supreme Court moves into the center of America’s cultural character, the justices on Friday agreed to consider the constitutionality of federal and state laws that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gay weddings: Will they be legal in June?
The Supreme Court on Friday set in motion its constitutional machinery on the issue of same-sex marriage, probably producing a result in June, the most popular month for weddings. Friday thus marked a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Constitution Check: Should gay Americans be afraid of the Supreme Court?
Lyle Denniston examines the apprehension that some same-sex couples may have as the Supreme Court nears a decision on gay marriage–and why the wait may be worth it in the long run for all parties...
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Constitution Check: Can one word make constitutional history?
President Obama speaks at inaugural Lyle Denniston looks at President Barack Obama’s historic discussion of gay rights in his inaugural address, and its constitutional significance. The statement at...
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