Suit Filed To Nullify Kentucky Gay Marriage Ban

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A court challenge seeks to nullify the approval of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages and civil-unions by Kentucky voters this month.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Frankfort, claims the measure that passed by a 3-to-1 margin was flawed because it dealt with two separate issues - the first part pertained to marriage, the rest civil unions.

"This amendment did not allow voters to vote on the two proposals separately," said John Davis, interim executive director of the Kentucky Fairness Alliance, which is supporting the legal challenge filed by three plaintiffs. "That violates the constitutional provisions about how amendments are to be put on the ballot."