Mississippi GOP Governor And Democratic Attorney General Appeal Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Wasting no time, the governor and attorney general have appealed Tuesday night’s federal court ruling striking down Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Last night, in a 72-page ruling that legal scholars and humanists will no doubt one day point to as exquisite, U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves struck down Mississippi’s bans on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. Barely 12 hours later, Governor Phil Bryant, a Republican, and Attorney General Jim Hood, a Democrat, notified the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that they will appeal.

 

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