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  WI Supreme Court to look at state's gay marriage ban
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Last EditedHomegrown Democrat  May 14, 2009 05:30pm
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News DateThursday, May 14, 2009 11:15:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionMADISON (WKOW) -- Late Thursday, the court announced it would take up a case thrown out of Dane County court last year.

In 2006, Wisconsin voters approved a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and civil unions.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will look at a challenge to that vote. Namely, whether the referendum illegally put two issues to voters at the same time: whether to ban gay marriage and whether to outlaw civil unions.
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