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Divorce ruling seen as a boon to gay marriage (access required)

Posted: 9:58 am Fri, May 18, 2012
By Steve Lash
Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer

Not even a successful petition drive can tear asunder the Maryland high court’s decision requiring the state to recognize as valid the marriages of same-sex couples who lawfully wed in other states. The Court of Appeals, in its landmark ruling Friday, said recognition is required by the legal doctrine of comity — under which one state ...

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