Lawyers representing Gov. Jim Doyle, a gay rights group and several gay couples have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reject a challenge to the state’s new domestic partnership registry.
Members of a social conservative group filed a lawsuit in July claiming the registry violates the constitutional ban on gay marriage and civil unions approved by voters in 2006. They asked the Supreme Court to take the case immediately, bypassing trial and appeals courts, because of its statewide significance.
The Supreme Court is considering whether to take the case and had ordered the state to respond by Tuesday. At least four justices have to agree to do so.
Full Story from the Green Bay Press Gazette: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090928/GPG0101/909280508/1207/GPG01/Domestic-partnership-battle-wages-on
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