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Fourth Circuit clash over Virginia ban: Whose children must the state protect with marriage laws?

The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals hearing Tuesday was, as Judge Paul Niemeyer characterized it, just one step along the way to an eventual U.S. Supreme Court ruling on whether states, like Virginia, can ban same-sex couples from marrying.

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: Ex-gay therapy ban upheld

The full Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday denied a request to review a three-judge panel decision that upheld a law that prohibits the use of ex-gay therapy on young people. A Kansas House committee is considering a bill

Speed Read: Injunctions on the table

The legal team of Olson-Boies asked a federal judge in Norfolk to issue an injunction stopping enforcement of Virginia's marriage ban against their clients. Cases in Oregon are consolidated while signatures for a ballot measure are reportedly well beyond the