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Gay Marriage: First Iowa, Is Wis. Up Next? Wis. High Court Asked To Review Gay Marriage Vote
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Apr 09, 2009 05:09pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, April 9, 2009 07:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | MADISON, Wis. (AP) ― The Wisconsin Supreme Court was asked Thursday to decide whether the state's 2006 ban on gay marriage was properly put to voters.
William McConkey, a University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh political science instructor, claims the referendum illegally put two issues to voters at the same time: whether to ban gay marriage and whether to outlaw civil unions. A Dane County judge dismissed the case last year, and the 66-year-old Baileys Harbor man appealed to the District 4 Court of Appeals.
On Thursday, the appeals court in Madison asked the seven-member Supreme Court to take the case instead. The appeals court said the case presents several new legal issues that should be decided by the state's highest court.
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