Gay marriage will now be legal in the state of Alaska after the standing gay marriage ban was struck down by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess ruled that the ban was a violation of citizens’ constitutional rights.
Alaska was the first state to enact a gay marriage ban in 1998.
Burgess wrote, “The court finds that Alaska’s ban on same-sex marriage and refusal to recognize same-sex marriages lawfully entered in other states is unconstitutional as a deprivation of basic due process and equal protection principles under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution… Read More
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