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Article: 'Marriage' issue works its way through courts.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 29, 2004
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Byline: Cheryl Wetzstein, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
December will be a busy month for homosexual "marriage" issues as courts in Oregon and California consider the fate of about 7,000 same-sex "marriages" and a Louisiana court considers the legality of a newly passed marriage amendment.
The Louisiana case is up first, with a hearing scheduled for Wednesday before the state Supreme Court.
In October, Louisiana District Court Judge William Morvant ruled that the marriage amendment, which passed Sept. 18, was unconstitutional because it defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman and prohibited recognition of "any union of unmarried individuals." ...