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KPCC News Coverage
Back on January 24, 2014, Terry Pochert and Joe Connolly made Arizona Equality history by challenging the State of Arizona’s marriage discrimination laws.
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KPCC 89.3 – Arizona Same-sex Couples Challenge State Laws
Terry Pochert and Joseph Connolly – Across the country the legal landscape for same-sex marriage is changing, and fast. In the Southwest in recent weeks, courts in New Mexico and Utah have delivered victories to gay marriage proponents. Now in neighboring Arizona, some gay and lesbian couples are challenging their state’s definition of marriage.
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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.