OPPONENTS OF GEORGIA SSM BAN TO FILE LAWSUIT: From the Washington Blade

Opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in Georgia said Tuesday they will file a lawsuit challenging the measure, which appears on the Nov. 2 ballot.

Turning to the courts to fight the ballot measure mirrors a strategy employed in Louisiana, where opponents of a similar proposal--which heads to voters on Sept. 18--filed two lawsuits Aug. 6. One of those suits was dismissed on Tuesday; a hearing for the second challenge is scheduled for Friday. ...

Littrell also said that if the measure passes in November, legal groups will sue to overturn it, challenging the ban on several grounds, including arguments that it violates the separation of church and state. Opponents argue the legislation that created the proposed ballot measure was based, in part, on the religious objections to homosexuality by lawmakers in the Georgia General Assembly.

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