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Florida high court allows same-sex ban ballot initiative, strikes down redistricting
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday released an advisory opinion to the state Attorney General that permits the 2008 ballot to contain a citizen initiative banning gay marriages, even though the initiative failed to collect enough petition signa (More) |
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NY appeals court rules same-sex marriage bar constitutional
A New York appeals court has ruled that the state's marriage law, which allows marriage between a man and a woman but not between same-sex couples, is constitutional. The 5-0 decision covers three separate cases filed on behalf of same-sex cou (More) |
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Maryland court rejects same-sex marriage ban
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge M. Brooke Murdock on Friday ruled against a 1973 state law that prohibits same-sex marriage , declaring that the statute subjects the plaintiff couples to a discriminatory classification based solely on their sex (More) |
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Court upholds California gay partnership law
California's Third District Court of Appeal Monday rejected a challenge to the state's domestic partnership law granting same-sex partners a body of rights almost identical to those enjoyed by the state's married couples, including auto (More) |
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Opponents battle California domestic partners law
Lawyers for groups seeking to overturn California's new domestic partnership law [text; Lamda Legal factsheet] argued their case in a state court Friday. The law went into effect January 1 and gives gay couples who register as domestic partners (More) |
First German spy convicted for World War I espionage in the US
On August 16, 1918, Lothar Witzke was convicted of espionage by a military commission sitting at Ft. Sam Houston, becoming the the first German spy convicted by the United States in World War I. Witzke was sentenced to hang, but President Wilson commuted the sentence on May 27, 1920. In 1922 Witzke was pardoned by President Coolidge and deported to Berlin.
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