Litigation expected in state over same-sex marriages
Though the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the federal Defense of Marriage Act and, with its majority opinion, buttressed the argument for same-sex marriages in the country, it could take years of...
View ArticleTulsa couple seeks trial in same-sex marriage try
A same-sex couple that sued for the right to marry knew they’d have an uphill battle in a conservative state like Oklahoma, but nothing like this: Nine years after filing their original lawsuit, they...
View ArticleStill slugging it out: Oklahoma couple see hope in Utah ruling on same-sex...
The couple at the center of a nine-year fight over Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriages said Monday they hope a court ruling in a Utah case will buttress their efforts.
View ArticleUtah AG vows to take same-sex marriage case to high court
Though the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals shot down an attempt to stay a ruling on Utah's same-sex marriage ban, debate about the issue in both the Beehive State and Oklahoma is expected to continue.
View ArticleACLU to honor plaintiffs
The four plaintiffs in the Bishop v. Oklahoma lawsuit – Mary Bishop, Sharon Baldwin, Susan Barton, and Gay Phillips – will receive the Angie Debo Civil Liberties Award. The award will be given by the...
View ArticleBrief: Okla. gay marriage ban demeans children
Oklahoma’s gay marriage ban demeans same-sex couples and their children by signaling to the world that their relationships are secondary to traditional families, opponents of the state law say in a new...
View ArticleLawyers: The purpose of marriage is procreation
Marriage exists for its procreative potential, not just as recognition of a loving relationship between two people, and the U.S. Supreme Court agrees, lawyers for an Oklahoma clerk said in a new court...
View ArticleJudge asks pointed questions in gay marriage case
A judge in Colorado who will play a pivotal role deciding whether gays should be allowed to wed in the United States asked pointed questions Thursday about whether Oklahoma can legally ban the unions.
View Article‘The time has come’: Tulsa couple ask high court to strike down Oklahoma law...
Attorneys for Mary Bishop and Sharon Baldwin asked the Supreme Court of the United States Wednesday to hold unconstitutional Oklahoma’s 2004 law that bans same-sex marriage in the state.
View ArticleHigh court to discuss same-sex case Sept. 29
A Tulsa couple’s challenge to Oklahoma’s 2004 ban on same-sex marriage will be heard in conference at the Supreme Court of the United States later this month, but it will not be alone.
View ArticleSame-sex marriage case defendants still hopeful
Eighteen Supreme Court of the United States orders issued Thursday from the justices’ Monday conference don't reveal whether the court will hear any of the seven same-sex marriage cases that have made...
View ArticleSupreme Court skips same-sex marriage cases: What is effect in Oklahoma?
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear any of the seven same-sex marriage decisions before it this term should mean a quick end to laws banning same-sex marriage, including Oklahoma's, ACLU...
View Article‘Game, set, match’: High court decision hailed as historic victory for...
On Monday afternoon, Mary Bishop and Sharon Baldwin were issued a marriage license in Oklahoma, following on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday not to hear states’ appeals of seven...
View ArticleClerks: No glitches in issuing same-sex licenses
The pace of same-sex couples requesting marriage licenses has slowed a bit, court clerks around Oklahoma said Tuesday, a day after gay marriage became legal in the conservative state.
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