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Speed Read: Grand ole Badger State

A federal judge in Wisconsin struck down that state's ban on same-sex couples marrying Friday and couples immediately began picking up licenses and getting married while the state attorney general vows to challenge the ruling. North Dakota on Friday became

Utah marriage cases cued up before the Tenth Circuit today, and next week

The Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today will become the second federal appeals court to tackle the question of whether statewide laws banning same-sex couples from marrying violate the U.S. Constitution. A three-judge panel will scrutinize the decision last

Prop 8 proponents lose pre-closing skirmish

Closing arguments get underway Wednesday in the Proposition 8 case in California, and attorneys representing the various officials who campaigned for the ban on same-sex marriage were just dealt another blow.

Report that Prop 8 judge is gay: long on speculation

With no named sources and a “no comment” from the judge, the San Francisco Chronicle this week reported that it is an “open secret” in San Francisco that the federal judge presiding over the Proposition 8 trial “is himself gay.”