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.
MS Attorney General Jim Hood says he will appeal #Mississippi #marriage ruling to the #5thCircuit, scheduled for arguments 1/9 in TX & LA.
— freedomtomarry (@freedomtomarry) November 26, 2014
BREAKING: Mississippi appeals the marriage equality ruling to the #5thCircuit. Notice of appeal doc here http://t.co/p83qmzADmQ
— Southern Equality (@CSElive) November 26, 2014
#Mississippi State Defendants file Notice of Appeal to 5th Circuit in marriage case http://t.co/AG2BOjW73c @CSElive @EqualityMiss
— Equality Case Files (@EQCF) November 26, 2014
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