Tag Archives: Greg Abbott

August 3, 2014   1 Comment

Speed Read: Virginia seeks Supreme leap

The White House welcomes the president of Uganda tomorrow to the U.S.-Africa Summit. Doubts are expressed about likelihood of Utah's appeal being accepted at the U.S. Supreme Court. And only 46 percent of LGBT people consider themselves "liberal."

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June 10, 2014   No comments

Speed Read: Complications in PA and WI

A federal judge in Wisconsin refused the state's motion for a stay of her decision striking the state ban on same-sex couples marrying but said she did not instruct clerks to start issuing licenses. Clerks in about half the state's

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April 28, 2014   No comments

Speed Read: Alaska tax break

A unanimous Alaska Supreme Court ruled the state ban on marriage for same-sex couples doesn't permit the state to violate the equal protection rights of same-sex couples. A state appeals court has delayed implementation of a decision last week by

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February 27, 2014   No comments

Speed Read: Backing off bias

Arizona governor vetoes religious bias bill in that state. A House subcommittee guts the religious bias language in a similar bill in Mississippi. A federal judge in Texas says that state's marriage bans are unconstitutional.

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February 26, 2014   No comments

Federal judge says Texas marriage ban ‘demeans’ gays for ‘no legitimate reason’

A federal judge in San Antonio, Texas, ruled Wednesday that Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage violates the U.S. Constitution and demeans the dignity of gay couples “for no legitimate reason.”

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