MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb issued the ruling Friday, but it wasn’t clear whether same-sex marriages could immediately begin.
But the ruling makes Wisconsin the 27th state where same-sex couples can marry under law or where a judge has ruled they ought to be allowed to wed.
Clerks in the state’s two largest cities of Milwaukee and Madison had been preparing for such a ruling by bringing in extra staff to handle an expected flood of marriage-license applicants.
The lawsuit was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of eight same-sex couples.
Gov. Scott Walker has been a strong proponent of the constitutional same-sex marriage ban that was approved by state voters in 2006.
Read the entire decision, below:
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WHOO HOOO!!
Signed, straight, married, Wisconsin resident.
Once again, a federal judge strikes down a discriminatory law because it violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
And she didn’t stay the ruling pending appeal.
Scott Walker is calling the Koch Brothers as I type to find out what they want him to do—besides clench his fists and stamp his feet and hold his breath until he turns blue.
Hallelujah!!!
YES!
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A very well written decision as well that really lays out the issue(s) at hand.