House Votes to Strip Courts of Jurisdiction; Measure Is an Attempt to Keep Judges Out of Gay Marriage Issue
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › July 23, 2004
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Stung by a Senate setback on gay marriage, Republicans passed legislation in the House Thursday to prevent federal courts from ordering states to recognize same-sex unions sanctioned elsewhere.
Democrats called the bill an unconstitutional attack on gays and the federal judiciary, and said its passage was just a matter of election-year politics.See the full content of this document
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House Votes to Strip Courts of Jurisdiction; Measure Is an Attempt to Keep Judges Out of Gay Marriage Issue
A day before Congress closes down for six weeks, the 233-194, mainly party-line vote handed at least a symbolic victory to social conse...
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