Federal Judge Strikes Down Indiana Gay Marriage Ban

In this photo taken Aug. 4, 2010, same-sex marriage supporters gather outside a federal building and wait for a judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban in San Francisco. A federal appeals cour... In this photo taken Aug. 4, 2010, same-sex marriage supporters gather outside a federal building and wait for a judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban in San Francisco. A federal appeals court put same-sex weddings in California on hold indefinitely Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, while it considers the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) MORE LESS
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A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Indiana’s ban on same-sex marriages, according to the Indiana Star.

U.S. District Judge Richard Young said the ban violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause.

It was not immediately clear whether gay couples can begin marrying immediately, according to the Associated Press.

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  1. One by one, every unconstitutional law designed to strip the LGBT community of its civil right to marry is being struck down.

    This makes it more likely that the Supremes will have to rule on marriage equality in the next term.

  2. “It was not immediately clear”

    The AP must have a keyboard macro for that phrase. Almost every AP article contains it.

  3. Come mothers and fathers
    Throughout the land
    And don’t criticize
    What you can’t understand
    Your sons and your daughters
    Are beyond your command
    Your old road is rapidly agin’
    Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand
    For the times they are a-changin’

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    I love the sound of bagger heads exploding in the morning…sounds like…victory!

  5. Hoosier daddy, Indiana? LOL!

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