Wisconsin's gay marriage ban denies same-sex couples legal protections and serves no legitimate government purpose, the American Civil Liberties Union argued Monday in a brief asking a federal appeals court to preserve a ruling that struck down the prohibition.
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High court upholds domestic partner registry (UPDATE)
Wisconsin's domestic partner registry does not violate the state's ban on gay marriage, the state Supreme Court said Thursday in a unanimous decision that gay rights activists hailed as an important but intermediate step in legalizing same-sex marriage.
Read More »7th Circuit sets hearing on gay marriage ban
Lawyers will argue the constitutionality of gay marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin in about a month.
Read More »Briefs piling up in gay marriage rulings appeals (UPDATE)
Opponents of same-sex marriage cited political theory, social stability and even biblical text in legal briefs filed this week in federal court, where Indiana and Wisconsin are appealing rulings that overthrew their bans on gay weddings.
Read More »Van Hollen: Gay marriage isn’t a fundamental right (UPDATE)
Wisconsin's attorney general compared gay marriage to abortion on Wednesday in arguing that there was no fundamental right to it and state laws defining marriage as between one man and one woman were reasonable.
Read More »Gay couples’ lawyers object to full-court hearing (UPDATE)
Attorneys on either side of a lawsuit over Indiana's overthrown gay marriage ban are wrangling over how many federal judges should hear the state's appeal, a technical issue that could make a big difference.
Read More »ACLU objects to full court hearing gay marriage
Gay couples challenging Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriages are objecting to the state's request that the full 7th Circuit Court of Appeals hear arguments in the case.
Read More »Democrats ask Walker to drop gay marriage lawsuit
Democrats in the Wisconsin state Senate are asking Gov. Scott Walker and fellow Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to drop defense of the state's gay marriage ban, arguing it's a waste of money.
Read More »State asks full court to hear marriage case
Wisconsin attorneys have asked the entire 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to hear their arguments on upholding the state's gay marriage ban.
Read More »Court to hear gay marriage arguments Aug. 13
A federal appeals court in Chicago will hear arguments in challenges of gay marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana's on Aug. 13.
Read More »Court joins Indiana, Wisconsin gay marriage cases
A federal appeals court has combined Indiana and Wisconsin's gay marriage cases and put them on the fast track.
Read More »Judge says motion to lift gay marriage stay moot
A federal judge says civil rights advocates' request to lift a stay on gay marriages in Wisconsin is moot.
Read More »Wisconsin appeals ruling allowing gay marriages (UPDATE)
Wisconsin's attorney general on Thursday appealed a federal judge's ruling from last month striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriages as unconstitutional.
Read More »A look at what’s next for gay marriage in the US
Utah's decision to ask the nation's highest court to review a federal appeals court ruling in favor of gay marriage nudges the issue closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read More »Judge won’t speed up gay marriage stay decision
A federal judge will not speed up the briefing schedule in the American Civil Liberties Union request that she lift a stay on gay marriages in Wisconsin.
Read More »Experts: Ruling tees up gay marriage for top court
When the U.S Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act exactly one year ago, it stopped short of saying states cannot ban gay marriage.
Read More »Judge puts same-sex marriages on hold
A federal judge on Friday put same-sex marriages in Wisconsin on hold, a week after she struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional, a move that allowed more than 500 couples to wed over the last eight days.
Read More »Van Hollen: Clerks could face charges over gay marriage licenses (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen warned county clerks Thursday that prosecutors could charge them for issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, saying the state's gay marriage ban remains in effect despite a federal judge's ruling that it's unconstitutional.
Read More »Sides file gay marriage briefs in federal court
Civil rights advocates are trying to persuade a federal appeals court it has no jurisdiction to end gay marriages in Wisconsin yet.
Read More »Gay marriages continue amid court fight (UPDATE)
Gay marriages were still being allowed in a majority of Wisconsin counties on Wednesday, even as those defending the state's ban were proceeding with legal action that could result in courts ordering the marriages to stop.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Breaking down Crabb’s gay marriage opinion
Everyone appreciates a well-written decision, so there is general agreement that federal District Judge Barbara Crabb wrote a bravura opinion in declaring Wisconsin’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages unconstitutional.
Read More »Attorney says gay marriage licenses are valid
A county clerk and an attorney say gay marriage licenses issued by county clerks are legal even if the state Vital Records Office is not processing them.
Read More »View from around the state: Confusion over gay marriage ruling could have been avoided
Two hundred eighty-three same sex couples obtained marriage licenses between Friday evening and Saturday afternoon in Wisconsin — 146 of them in Milwaukee, 137 in Madison, none in Green Bay, or any other county seat.
Read More »Federal appeals court wants briefs in gay marriage case
It looks like a federal appeals court won't rule on whether to halt gay marriages in Wisconsin until at least Wednesday.
Read More »Judge lets gay marriages continue in Wisconsin
Gay couples are continuing to marry in Wisconsin after a federal judge delayed acting on the state attorney general's request for her to halt the ceremonies.
Read More »Clerks reverse on gay marriage licenses (UPDATE)
Gay couples in Wisconsin convinced some county clerks to give them licenses Monday so they could wed before an expected hold on a judge's decision declaring the state's gay marriage ban unconstitutional.
Read More »BLAWG LOG: State becomes 27th state to allow same-sex marriage
Federal judge rules Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional (UPDATE)
A federal judge has ruled that Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
Read More »ACLU opposes gay marriage stay
The American Civil Liberties Union is urging a federal judge to reject Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's request to stay any future ruling striking down Wisconsin's gay marriage ban.
Read More »State Supreme Court won’t take gay marriage case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to hear a petition brought by a same-sex couple from Milwaukee seeking to strike down the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage.
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