Same-sex couples could be marrying in Nebraska as soon as March

[Omaha Steve]

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http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/same-sex-couples-could-be-marrying-in-nebraska-as-soon/article_85190f07-96af-5e8a-827d-77cd645e2255.html

POSTED: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2015 12:30 AM
By Robynn Tysver / World-Herald staff writer

Wedding bells could ring for the first same-sex marriage in Nebraska sooner than many expect — perhaps as early as March.

The lawsuit challenging Nebraska’s gay marriage ban is geared toward overturning the ban as quickly as possible. One of its lead plaintiffs is a woman with terminal breast cancer who wants to be considered legally married in Nebraska before she dies. She and her partner were married in California before moving to Omaha, where her surviving spouse and their children would not be afforded the same benefits.




Her argument and her wife’s request for immediate relief could put gay marriage in Nebraska on a fast track.

If a federal district judge sides with the woman next month and rules that the state’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional — as even gay marriage opponents expect him to do — his ruling could go into effect quickly.

FULL story at link.



CHRIS MACHIAN / THE WORLD-HERALD
Jill Johnson listens to speakers during a rally at the Nebraska State Capitol to celebrate the Supreme Court's 2013 decisions on gay marriage.

[nomorenomore08]

1. You could almost draw a circle around that yellow cluster of states toward the southeast.

Then there's Ohio and Michigan, both of which are (culturally) conservative-leaning "purple" states.

What I'm saying is that none of the 14 holdouts are especially surprising.