07-29-2014 16:36:56 PM
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DUNCAN OSBORNE | The family of a Georgia man who was shot and killed by
an Essex County deputy sheriff during a 2010 sex sting in a Newark park
settled their civil rights lawsuit against the county and the sheriff's
office for $1.5 million. "The amount telegraphs that the Essex County
sheriff's department did something. ...»
07-28-2014 22:12:42 PM
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ARTHUR S. LEONARD | A three-judge panel of the US Fourth Circuit Court
of Appeals, in a 2-1 ruling, has declared Virginia's ban on same-sex
marriage unconstitutional. The July 28 ruling did not go into immediate
effect, and the two county clerks who are defending the ban -- Governor
Terry McAuliffe and fellow Democrat. ...»
07-28-2014 14:18:55 PM
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ARTHUR LEONARD | Just a week after one trial judge ruled that Florida's
constitutional and statutory ban on same-sex marriage violates the 14th
Amendment of the US Constitution, a second judge there has come to the
same conclusion. Miami-Dade County Judge Sarah Zabel's July 25 ruling
followed Monroe County Circuit Judge Luis M. Garcia's from ...»
07-25-2014 15:42:56 PM
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ARTHUR S. LEONARD | Two trial judges in Colorado advanced the cause of
same-sex marriage on July 23, as a Denver-based federal district court
found that the state's ban on same-sex marriage violates the 14th
Amendment, while a state court in Boulder denied a motion to order the
county clerk there to stop issuing ...»
07-24-2014 17:25:36 PM
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PAUL SCHINDLER | Recent court decisions regarding marriage bans in
three states have once again altered the map for marriage equality in
the US. A July 18 ruling from the US 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
affirming a district court decision that struck down Oklahoma's ban on
same-sex marriage makes that state the second -- after...»
07-24-2014 13:41:33 PM
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ARTHUR S. LEONARD | The same appellate panel of three judges that last
month ruled that Utah's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional
reiterated that ruling on July 18 in Oklahoma's appeal of a district
court ruling striking down the ban there. The 10th Circuit Court of
Appeals panel found the Oklahoma prohibition was unconstitutional...»
07-24-2014 10:25:40 AM
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KELLY COGSWELL | It's getting harder and harder to be a cheerful,
card-carrying member of the LGBTQ community. If it's not the new spate
of weddings, it's our obsession with the policing of speech. We catch
some famous person saying "homo" or "fag," bust their chops, and soon
they're at HRC or GLAAD, beating...»
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