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MISSISSIPPI: County Clerks Prepare For The Legalization Of Same-Sex Marriage

Via the Clarion-Ledger: County circuit clerks across the state of Mississippi are preparing for the possibility of potentially thousands of same-sex couples arriving at courthouses to apply for marriage licenses. If U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves strikes down Mississippi’s gay marriage ban and does not put a temporary hold on same-sex marriages, county clerks will likely be flooded with long …

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Marriages Begin In St. Louis

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NORTH CAROLINA: Local Hate Group Tells Officials To Refuse To Marry Gay Couples

Via the Charlotte Observer: A group that backed a North Carolina constitutional amendment on gay marriage is telling public officials that they can refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses in their counties. The North Carolina Values Coalition sent an email Saturday to the state’s registers of deeds saying that their religious and moral beliefs are protected by federal and state …

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ALASKA: Marriage Suit Plaintiffs Marry

Last week two couples married in Alaska after clerks waived the three-day waiting period and before the Ninth Circuit issued a temporary stay. Of the six couples named in the Alaska lawsuit, five were married in other states. Only one couple was unmarried. Until today. Stephanie Pearson and Courtney Lamb exchanged vows outside the Frontier Building Monday morning in Anchorage. …

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NORTH CAROLINA: Crackpot Pastor Flip Benham Disrupts Same-Sex Weddings

Last Monday, crackpot anti-gay activist Pastor Flip Benham, father of the would-be HGTV twins, joined two other Christian protesters to scream insults at happy strangers marrying outside a North Carolina courthouse. Via Matt Comer at Q Notes: Three anti-LGBT protesters were present outside the register’s office, including well-known street preacher and convicted stalker Flip Benham. He interrupted several couples’ weddings …

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Celebrations In Arizona!

Grab a tissue, monkeys.

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ARIZONA: First Couple Marries!

Via HRC Arizona: “Arizona’s 1st recognized same-sex marriage of the day! Congrats Karen & Nelda Majors!” More from Why Marriage Matters Arizona: Karen and Nelda, a couple living in Scottsdale, AZ, met, as many couples do, during their early years of college, 55 years ago. Nelda was a sophomore, Karen was a freshman, and the two women lived just in …

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ALASKA: First Gay Couples Marry

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Finally Married After 41 Years!

Betty Mack and Carol Taylor of #asheville, partners of 41 years, show off their marriage certificate. #DayOneNC pic.twitter.com/Xgnfw21ku7 — Casey Blake (@CaseyBlakeACT) October 10, 2014

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First North Carolina Couple Gets License!

First marriage license granted to #LGBT couple in NC! Congrats Amy and Lauren. #DayOneNC #MarriageEquality pic.twitter.com/rmYpqr3H20 — CSE (@CSElive) October 10, 2014 UPDATE: And they’re married!

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VIRGINIA: First Couple Legally Marries!

Via NBC News: Lindsey Oliver, 30, and Nicole Pries, 42, received the first same-sex marriage license issued from the Richmond Circuit Court Clerk’s office shortly after 1 p.m. Monday. Upon leaving the courthouse, they were married by gay-rights advocate The Rev. Robin Gorsline. The couple said Monday also was the anniversary of a commitment ceremony they held on a North …

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LOUISIANA: Church Kicks Out AA Group Because They Fear Same-Sex Weddings

A Baptist church in Louisiana has told a local Alcoholics Anonymous group that it can no longer meet there because it fears they will eventually be forced into hosting a same-sex wedding. That hasn’t ever happened to a church anywhere and same-sex marriage is not legal in Louisiana and AA doesn’t advocate for gay marriage and gay people have no …

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NPH On His Italian Wedding

Via the Wrap: Harris said they chose the destination because it was the first trip the couple took together. It was just one of many connections to firsts for the couple, that has been together for more than a decade. Their song is Kelly Clarkson’s “A Moment Like This,” because they obsessed over the first season of “American Idol” together. …

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NEW YORK: Wedding Venue Says They Don’t Hate Gays, Just Gay Marriage

The Alliance Defending Freedom is pushing their appeal of the upstate New York wedding venue that was recently fined for refusing a same-sex ceremony. From the Heritage Foundation site Daily Signal: “We’re not hateful people,” Gifford said in an interview with The Daily Signal, holding back tears. “We just believe that a marriage is between a man and a woman, …

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MARYLAND: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Officiates Same-Sex Wedding

Via the Associated Press: Kagan presided on Sunday over the wedding of former clerk Mitchell Reich and Patrick Pearsall in the Washington suburb of Chevy Chase, Maryland. Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Monday that the same-sex ceremony was the first at which Kagan officiated. Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have previously officiated at the …

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72 Years In Love

The lesbian couple who married in Iowa last week after 72 years together have told their life story. It begins: Vivian was a farm girl near Creston. Nonie a farm girl near Yale. Vivian was an indoor girl, spending hours “teaching my dolls,” practice for her dream of becoming a teacher. Nonie was an outside girl, helping on the farm …

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Headline Of The Day

From Britain’s always bombastic Daily Mail: Wearing matching slippers and bow ties, Brian Davidson, 55, Britain’s consul-general in Shanghai, married his 33-year-old American boyfriend Scott Chang on the lawn of the home of Ambassador Sir Sebastian Wood. New rules mean that British nationals in homosexual relationships can marry in British consulates in 24 countries around the world as the land …

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Neil Patrick Harris Marries In Italy

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Lesbian Couple Marries After 72 Years

After 72 years these ladies finally manage to marry each other, Wonderful!! #gay #Lesbian http://t.co/1PHX34Mj9K— Mrs.W (@MrsWsOpinions) September 8, 2014 From Iowa’s Quad City Times: Vivian Boyack and Alice “Nonie” Dubes say it is never too late for people to write new chapters in their lives. Boyack, 91, and Dubes, 90, began a new chapter in their 72-year relationship Saturday …

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EGYPT: Nine Men Ordered Arrested For Appearing In Gay Wedding Video

An Egyptian government news agency says seven men have been detained and two others are being sought for appearing in a YouTube video that shows a gay wedding. Charges include “inciting debauchery” and “undermining public morals.” Via Reuters: Gay marriage is not legal in Egypt, a conservative Muslim society where the footage, which went viral on social media sites last …

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