Gay-Marriage Proponents Keep Win Streak as Appeals Loom
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A judge’s decision throwing out Virginia’s ban on gay marriage as a violation of the U.S. Constitution extends to seven the win streak for proponents of same-sex unions racing to get back to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Federal judges in Oklahoma and Utah and state jurists in New Jersey and New Mexico determined gays have a right to wed after the high court struck down a 1996 U.S. law barring federal recognition of same-sex couples and let stand a lower-court ruling allowing gay weddings in California.