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Contents:

• NORTH CAROLA AG: IT’S TIME TO STOP FIGHTG GAY MARRIAGE IN COURT
• ATTORNEY GENERAL ROY COOPER WON'T FEND GAY MARRIAGE BAN
• NC ATTORNEY GENERAL WON'T FEND HIS STATE'S GAY MARRIAGE BAN
• COOPER WOULD VETO GAY MARRIAGE BILLS
• ATTORNEY GENERAL COOPER SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE OPPONENTS RALLY RALEIGH
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• GAY MARRIED UPLE FLEE RSIA AFTER RECEIVG ATH THREATS

NORTH CAROLA AG: IT’S TIME TO STOP FIGHTG GAY MARRIAGE IN COURT

North Carola Attorney General Roy Cooper said on Monday that his office would stop fendg the state’s gay marriage ban urt after an appeals urt stck down a siar ban on same sex marriage Virgia.

ATTORNEY GENERAL ROY COOPER WON'T FEND GAY MARRIAGE BAN

The 4th Circu Court of Appeals led that Virgia’s ban on gay marriage vlat the Constutn’s equal protectn clse.

NC ATTORNEY GENERAL WON'T FEND HIS STATE'S GAY MARRIAGE BAN

The lg self — which don’t take effect jt yet — only appli to Virgia, but the circu cisn sets a strong precent for gay marriage urts North Carola and the multiple other stat vers. “[The lg] do predict that our law will be stck down, ” Cooper said, argug that ntug to fend the gay marriage ban urt would be “futile” bee “judg North Carola are bound by the opn.

Var legal challeng to North Carola’s gay marriage ban are pendg urt, and Cooper said that “the state of North Carola will not oppose the s movg forward. — North Carola Attorney General Roy Cooper’s keynote addrs at a fundraiser Saturday night support of gay rights drew qutns om some social nservativ about how well he would fend the state’s ban on same sex marriag that’s currently beg challenged urt.

COOPER WOULD VETO GAY MARRIAGE BILLS

gay marriage ban, slashed rporate tax rat, and gutted the state’s prized.

ATTORNEY GENERAL COOPER SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

They are particularly unhappy wh Cooper for agreeg to speak at next month’s annual fundraiser for the gay-rights anizatn Equaly North Carola.

GAY MARRIAGE OPPONENTS RALLY RALEIGH

While not a platiff the lawsu, Equaly NC lobbi for expandg rights for gays and lbians. Sgro said Cooper “has long been an advote for equal rights for all people and we appld him for publicly aligng” wh a “fast-growg majory” of state rints who support legal regnn for gay upl. ) leave Feral Court after a hearg on Virgia's ban on gay marriage Norfolk, Va.

"The US Supreme Court uld have at least five appellate cisns to nsir if tak up gay marriage aga s next term, begng Amerin Civil Liberti Unn of North Carola reprents same-sex platiffs two lawsus challengg the North Carola law now pendg before a feral judge Greensboro. Attorney General and unannounced Democratic ndidate for ernor Roy Cooper said Wednday if he was the ernor he would veto two pendg bills related to gay an terview wh The Associated Prs, Cooper said he oppos legislatn that would allow magistrat and urt clerks to refe to perform civil marriag if they object on relig grounds. " Cooper supports gay marriage.

They are particularly unhappy wh Cooper for agreeg to speak at next month's annual fundraiser for the gay-rights anizatn Equaly North Carola.

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Sgro said Cooper "has long been an advote for equal rights for all people and we appld him for publicly aligng" wh a "fast-growg majory" of state rints who support legal regnn for gay upl.

GAY MARRIED UPLE FLEE RSIA AFTER RECEIVG ATH THREATS

Circu Court of Appeals Richmond, Va., led that Virgia's nstutnal and statutory provisns barrg gay marriage and nyg regnn of such unns performed other stat vlate the U. The Virgia gay marriage se is the latt a strg of cisns overturng bans across the untry and is one of several that uld go to the U. Virgia law n't tmp 'fundamental right'In 2006, Virgians voted 57 percent to 43 percent to approve the nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage.