Texas appeals same sex divorce ruling in Dallas case
Texas fights a Dallas divorce for two men who married in Massachusetts arguing a same sex marriage is not recognized in Texas. Attorneys note conflicts when a marriage is voided here but valid elsewhere. The appeal by AG Abbott argues to defend the traditional definition of marriage as voted by Texans.
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Civil rights icon Dorothy Height dies at 98
Dorothy Height, leading female voice of 1960s civil rights and longtime head of the National Council of Negro Women, died at Howard University Hospital at age 98 after weeks of serious illness. Her death followed the death of Benjamin L. Hooks in Memphis at 85 earlier in the week.
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Court voids ban on animal abuse videos
The Supreme Court with one dissent struck down a federal ban on videos depicting graphic violence against animals. The ruling vacated the three year prison sentence of Robert Stevens of Pitts ville Va for pit bull fight videos and stirred debate over free speech versus animal cruelty.
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