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Texas Bans Straight Marriage – The Texas legislature wrote a gay marriage ban that may have accidentally banned straight marriage in the state, according to one Houston lawyer.

Subsection B of the ban, a constitutional amendment ratified in 2005, states, “This state…may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.”
The intent was [...]

Mixed Race Couple Denied Marriage License – A white Louisiana justice of the peace denied a marriage license to a mixed race couple, supposedly out of concern for any children they might have.
Beth Humphrey, 30, and 32-year-old Terence McKay, both of Hammond, say they will consult the U.S. Justice Department about filing a discrimination complaint.
Humphrey, [...]

California Gay Marriage Ban Federal Trial – A federal discrimination lawsuit filed by two same-sex couples over the California gay marriage ban, known as Proposition 8, has a federal trial date of January 11, 2010 before Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco.

Judge Walker allowed the City of San Francisco to join the [...]