Federal Judge Overturns Mississippi Same-Sex Marriage Ban

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Source: Associated Press

Federal Judge Overturns Mississippi Same-Sex Marriage Ban

By Emily Wagster Pettus
Posted: 11/25/2014 9:19 pm EST

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned Mississippi's ban on same-sex marriage, but he is putting his order on hold for two weeks so the state can appeal.

U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday.

State attorneys have already said they will ask the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to block Reeves' order.

Mississippi has a 1997 law and a 2004 voter-approved constitutional amendment that define marriage as being between a man and a woman. Two lesbian couples and a gay-rights group filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn those. Reeves heard arguments Nov. 13.

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