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| ACLU challenges gay-marriage ban in Pennsylvania | ACLU challenges gay-marriage ban in Pennsylvania |
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| The American Civil Liberties Union says it has filed the first known legal challenge seeking to overturn a state law that effectively bans gay marriage in Pennsylvania. | The American Civil Liberties Union says it has filed the first known legal challenge seeking to overturn a state law that effectively bans gay marriage in Pennsylvania. |
| The ACLU is representing one widow, 10 couples and one of the couples' two teenage daughters. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Harrisburg, also asks a federal judge to prevent state officials from stopping gay couples from getting married in the state. | The ACLU is representing one widow, 10 couples and one of the couples' two teenage daughters. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Harrisburg, also asks a federal judge to prevent state officials from stopping gay couples from getting married in the state. |
| If the lawsuit is successful, Pennsylvania would become the 14th state to legalize gay marriage. | If the lawsuit is successful, Pennsylvania would become the 14th state to legalize gay marriage. |
| A 1996 state law defines marriage as between a man and a woman, and says same-sex marriages, even if entered legally elsewhere, are void in Pennsylvania. | A 1996 state law defines marriage as between a man and a woman, and says same-sex marriages, even if entered legally elsewhere, are void in Pennsylvania. |
| The ACLU says that's unconstitutional because same-sex couples don't have access to the same legal and financial protections as do opposite-sex couples. | The ACLU says that's unconstitutional because same-sex couples don't have access to the same legal and financial protections as do opposite-sex couples. |
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