Politics

Marriage Amendment
to be Amended?

Mike Paulus |

Just today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court was asked to take another look at the state's 2006 ban on gay marriage. People are questioning (as they did even before the actual vote) if it was presented well enough on the ballot. From WCCO.com

  • William McConkey, a University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh political science instructor, claims the referendum illegally put two issues to voters at the same time: whether to ban gay marriage and whether to outlaw civil unions. A Dane County judge dismissed the case last year, and the 66-year-old Baileys Harbor man appealed to the District 4 Court of Appeals.
  • On Thursday, the appeals court in Madison asked the seven-member Supreme Court to take the case instead. The appeals court said the case presents several new legal issues that should be decided by the state's highest court.

As the article points out, just a week ago, the Iowa Supreme Court legalized gay marriage, and Vermont did it on Tuesday. If Wisconsin’s amendment was removed, it wouldn’t legalize gay marriage here, but it would open the door for future progress in that direction.