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Olson: Judge in Virginia marriage ban case says she’ll rule ‘soon’

A federal judge in Norfolk, Virginia, told attorneys in a lawsuit challenging Virginia’s ban on same-sex couples marrying that she will render her decision “soon.” According to David Boies, one of the lead attorneys arguing against the ban, U.S. District Court

Speed Read: Monday 11 November 2013

New petition affecting gays before the U.S. Supreme Court. Seventeen-vote difference separates pro-marriage equality and anti-marriage equality attorney general candidates in Virginia. Hawaii expected to enact its marriage equality law before Illinois does; final concurrence vote in Hawaii Senate Tuesday.

New Supreme Court session could include broad array of LGBT cases

The U.S. Supreme Court today (October 7) rejected reviews of two lower court decisions of some interest to LGBT legal activists. But some gay-related cases could be on the docket this session, and national legal experts predict a case testing