Category: LGBTQ+
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Echo Magazine – January 16-19, 2014
The attorney representing four gay couples challenging Arizona’s ban on same-sex marriage in federal district court said he hopes that there will be a decision in the case this year.
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US District Court Northern District of Oklahoma No. 04-CV-848-TCK-TLW
This Order addresses challenges to state and federal laws relating to same-sex marriage. The Court holds that Oklahoma’s constitutional amendment limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Court lacks jurisdiction over the other three challenges.
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Suzanne Cummins and Holly Mitchell
Suzanne Cummins was raised in Mesa, Arizona and Holly Mitchell was born in Oklahoma and raised in Texas. Suzanne and Holly met on the job and began dating in 2007. They would like to marry but Arizona laws discriminate against same sex couples.
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Clark Rowley and David Chaney
Clark Rowley was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. He left Iowa to attend Arizona State University. David Chaney was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and moved with his family first to Tucson, Arizona and later Sierra Vista. David also attended Arizona State University and the University of Arizona earning degrees from both institutions.