Category: Arizona Equality
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Arizona Ordered to Pay $200,000 in Legal Fees
Alia Beard Rau writes for the Arizona Republic and AZCentral.com, “U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick has ordered Arizona to pay $200,000 in legal fees in one of the two cases that challenged the state’s ban on same-sex couples marrying.
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KTAR Marriage Equality Interview with Terry Pochert
Bruce St. James and Pamela Hughes from KTAR interviewed Terry Pochert. Terry along with this husband, Joseph Connolly, were the lead plaintiffs in the 1st lawsuit filed in 2014 to allow Arizona Marriage Quality.
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Joe Connolly and Terry Pochert Featured in ‘The Concord’
In January of 2014, Joseph Connolly (above right) and Terry Pochert (above left) were the first couple in Arizona to file a lawsuit to remove the state’s ban on same-gender marriage. In October of that same year, U.S. District Judge John W. Sedwick did just that, declaring Arizona’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, immediately ordering…
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Aiken Schenk Attorneys at Law HRC Award
Our lawyer, Shawn Aiken, received the Human Rights Campaign Arizona’s Corporate Equality Award on behalf of his firm, Aiken Schenk Attorneys at Law. Shawn and his team fought tirelessly for Marriage Equality here in Arizona.
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HRC Arizona – Moving Arizona Forward
Moving Arizona Forward was the theme of the 2015 HRC Gala held in Phoenix, Arizona. Thousands attend to celebrate achievements of those of supported many of the LGBT issues through the past year including Shawn Aiken, the lawyer of filed the first lawsuit to bring marriage equality to Arizona.