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Retired Justice Donald Corbin confirms account of Supreme Court vote on same-sex marriage case

A new oral history interview with Justice Donald Corbin confirms our reporting that the state Supreme Court had voted to override same-sex marriage bans by a solid majority, but didn't issue the opinion before Corbin left the court, try though he did to hurry it. Eventually, it issued a non-decision in the case, bowing to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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UPDATE: Same-sex equality not reality in Arkansas. See spousal leave for state employees.

Much work needs to be done to clean up areas of the law that allowed discrimination against same-sex married couples before the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality.
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Judge Piazza awards $66,000 in attorney fees and expenses in same-sex marriage case

Circuit Judge Chris Piazza today awarded a total of $66,000 in attorney fees and expenses — far less than had been sought — to the lawyers who won the state court case challenging the state ban on same-sex marriages.

Rapert UPDATE: Time for jail for Kentucky clerk, who again refuses to issue marriage licenses

The religious crowd apparently plans to make a martyr of the elected Kentucky county clerk, who has again today refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couple decide losing her battle all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Federal marriage case plaintiffs argue for affirmation of Arkansas decision against ban

Lawyers for plaintiffs in the federal case that struck down the Arkansas ban on same-sex marriage at the district court level have objected to the state's motion that the lower court ruling be vacated and dismissed.

Van Buren county clerk plans two forms of marriage licenses in response to marriage ruling

Van Buren County Clerk Pam Bradford is grudgingly going along with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, but says in a letter printed in the local newspaper that her office intends to issue two forms of marriage certificates — one gender-specific and one gender-neutral.
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Bentonville school board member: District needs non-discrimination policy

Add a legal analysis from Bentonville School Board member Grant Lightle and an important decision by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to the debate over a non-discrimination policy for the Bentonville School District (and any other government agency for that matter).

Rapert on the warpath over leaks. Joe McCarthy would be proud.

Sen. Jason Rapert has ordered up a witch hunt to attempt to find how his criticism of Gov. Asa Hutchinson's statements on the same-sex marriage ruling found its way into publication on the Arkansas Blog. His Republican colleagues are going along with what will amount to a gross invasion of constituents' privacy.
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State objects to fee request in marriage equality case

The state of Arkansas has objected to attorney fees sought by winning lawyers in the same-sex marriage case as outrageously excessive.

State sued over refusal to put same-sex spouses on birth certificates

As promised last week, a lawsuit was filed in Pulaski Circuit Court today on behalf of three same-sex couples who've been unable to get the names of both parents on their children's birth certificates.
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The truth about the Oregon wedding cake case

Old news, perhaps, but I've  been doing some interesting reading about the case in which a lesbian couple in Oregon was awarded $135,000 in damages as a result of a bakery's refusal to sell them a wedding cake.

New mother in same-sex couple encounters Arkansas obstacle on birth certificate

The state Health Department is not allowing both parents in a same-sex couple to be listed on birth certificates for the time being until state rules can be changed to clarify the practice. It is creating problems for parents of newborns already.
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