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Same-sex couples in Wash. state start wedding vows

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By RACHEL LA CORTEAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Scores of same-sex couples crowded Seattle City Hall for a day of wedding ceremonies on Sunday, the first day they could marry after the state's voter-approved gay marriage law took effect. While numerous weddings were taking place across

Same-sex weddings in Wash. to begin on Sunday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

By By RACHEL LA CORTEAssociated Press OLYMPIA, WASH. (AP) - Two retired military women who fought for the rights of gays in the military were among the hundreds of couples who received their marriage licenses this week as Washington state's voter-approved law allowing same-sex marriage took

Same-sex marriage cases get Supreme Court review

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

By By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is taking a potentially historic look at same-sex marriage by agreeing to hear two cases that challenge governments' different treatment of gay Americans. The focus in one case is California's constitutional

Supreme Court Will Hear Gay Marriage Cases

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will take up California's ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gay Americans have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals. The justices said Monday they will review a

Mormon church wants more compassion for gays

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By BRADY MCCOMBS and RACHEL ZOLLAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Mormon leaders made their most significant outreach yet to gays and lesbians, unveiling a new website Thursday that encourages church members to be more compassionate in discussions about homosexuality. Church officials

Gay Washington state couples get marriage licenses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By MANUEL VALDES and RACHEL LA CORTEAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Two by two, dozens of same-sex couples obtained their marriage licenses in Washington state early Thursday, just hours after Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a voter-approved law legalizing gay marriage. King County, the state

Gregoire signs Wash. gay marriage law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By RACHEL LA CORTEAssociated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in Washington state, which now joins several other states that allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. Gregoire and Secretary of State Sam Reed certified

Celebrations planned as Wash. legalizes marijuana

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Legal marijuana possession becomes a reality under Washington state law on Thursday, and some people planned to celebrate the new law by breaking it. Voters in Washington and Colorado last month made those the first states to decriminalize and

UPDATE: Gay Washington State Couples Get Marriage Licenses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane County Auditor's Office reports that staff processed 28 marriage applications Thursday, with 23 issued to same gender couples. As of 4:00 PM, the total number of marriage licenses issued to same gender couples on the first day that R-74 became effective is 769

UPDATE: Gay Washington State Couples Get Marriage Licenses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th