Federal challenge filed to Mississippi’s same sex marriage ban; names Gov. Bryant, AG Hood in suit

Wyoming Attorney General Says Gay Marriages Can Begin On Tuesday

On Monday, two same-sex couples filed a federal challenge to Mississippi’s gay marriage ban, the first lawsuit of its kind in the mostly rural, Christian-conservative state.

Rebecca Bickett and her long-term partner Andrea Sanders want to get married in Mississippi, the lawsuit says, while Jocelyn Pritchett and her partner Carla Webb were wed in Maine and want their union recognized.

Defendants include Republican Governor Phil Bryant, Democratic state Attorney General Jim Hood, and Hinds County Circuit Clerk Barbara Dunn, who has denied gay couples’ requests for marriage licenses.

Huffington Post
10/20/14