No quick decision made in S.D. gay marriage lawsuit
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The Argus Leader
No quick decision made in S.D. gay marriage lawsuit
by Steve Young
October 17, 2014
A federal judge who was asked Friday to dismiss a challenge to South Dakota's same-sex marriage ban made no quick decision after lawyers in the case disagreed on the "law of the land."
U.S. District Court Judge Karen Schreier rendered no ruling after an hour-long court session but said she will "issue a written opinion soon."
In seeking the dismissal, Assistant Attorney General Jeff Hallem argued that an 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in a Nebraska case called Citizens For Equal Protection v. Bruning established the legal precedent that South Dakota must follow today.
The three-judge 8th Circuit panel in that 2006 decision upheld an initiated measure amending Nebraska's constitution to prohibit same-sex marriages and ruled that "laws limiting the state-recognized institution of marriage to heterosexual couples ... do not violate the Constitution of the United States." .... MORE at link provided above.
