Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Missouri: ACLU will file lawsuit this week challenging same-sex marriage ban


It looks as though Missouri will be next to join the current crop of states being challenged in court over the freedom to marry.

From News-Leader.com:

Couples from Kansas City, St. Louis, mid-Missouri and Springfield are included in the suit, which will be filed in state court in Kansas City.

The litigation comes less than a month after a federal judge struck down Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage. The ban is similar to Missouri’s prohibition on same-sex marriage.

Missouri voters approved the ban in 2004 — 71 percent to 29 percent — the same year Oklahoma approved its ban. The bans in both states are amendments to the state constitutions.

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