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AFP / Getty Images ROBYN BECK
Gay, bisexual, and transgender inmates of a California jail said they are housed in an "alternative lifestyle tank" and unfairly kept from opportunities and programs available to straight inmates, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Carolyn Kaster, AP
"Traditional marriage is exclusively [an] opposite-sex institution," a federal judge rules. U.S. District Court Judge Juan Pérez-Giménez dismissed a lawsuit challenging Puerto Rico's ban on same-sex couples' marriages.
Following an appeals court ruling allowing Idaho same-sex couples to marry, a federal judge also struck down Arizona's ban on same-sex couples' marriages. Patrick Sweeney / Reuters
Judge also refuses to put his ruling on hold during any possible appeal.
A temporary hold on the marriages that a federal appeals court granted on Wednesday expires on Friday.
Chris Geidner
As same-sex couples marry in North Carolina, similar weddings are on hold for now in Alaska. Davis Turner / Reuters
Update: (Oct. 17, 2014, at 3:02 p.m.)
The Supreme Court denied Alaska's request for a stay on Friday afternoon.
The move means that same-sex couples can secure marriage licenses immediately.
