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MILWAUKEE (AP) – One of the couples who sued to overturn Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage says they’re very happy but still feeling cautious after an appeals court upheld an earlier decision allowing couples to marry.

CHICAGO (AP) — A U.S. appeals court issued a scathing, unequivocal ruling Thursday declaring that gay marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana were unconstitutional, on the same day that 32 states asked the Supreme Court to settle the issue once and for all.

It took just nine days for the latest federal appeals court to rule that state bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. With eye-popping spee

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MADISON (AP) – A gay Wisconsin couple that sued to overturn the state’s gay marriage ban is elated that a federal appeals court has found the prohibition unconstitutional.

CHICAGO (WITI/AP) — A U.S. appeals court in Chicago has ruled that same-sex marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana are unconstitutional.

Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court judge known for his outspoken views described arguments by Wisconsin and Indiana defending bans on gay marriage as "totally implausible" on Thursday, in a ruling in favor of same-sex couples.