Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Federal judge strikes down Pennsylvania same-sex marriage ban

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania [official website] on Tuesday struck down [opinion, PDF; order, PDF] Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage [JURIST backgrounder]. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed the federal lawsuit [JURIST report] last July on behalf of 21 Pennsylvania residents who wished to marry their same-sex partners or who were seeking recognition of their out-of-state same-sex marriages. The complaint [text, PDF] alleged that Pennsylvania's Defense of Marriage...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/05/federal-judge-strikes-down-pennsylvania-same-sex-marriage-ban.php

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