Federal judge strikes down Indiana same-sex marriage ban

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana [official website] on Wednesday struck down [opinion, PDF] Indiana's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. Three lawsuits, including one filed [JURIST report] by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on behalf of 15 people, all sought to challenge parts of Indiana Code Section 31-11-1-1 [text], which bans all same-sex marriages and bans recognition of same-sex marriages performed out-of-state. The three lawsuits contended that this...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/06/federal-judge-strikes-down-indiana-same-sex-marriage-ban.php

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