JUDGE DISMISSES FEDERAL SUIT: From the Associated Press
federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a gay couple who claimed they deserved a tax refund because they were legally married and should be granted "married" taxpayer status.
The lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was the latest attempt by Jack Baker and L. Michael McConnell to have their 1971 marriage legally recognized. Baker, a Minneapolis attorney, filed the lawsuit in May on behalf of McConnell.
McConnell sought to change his taxpayer status to married, and claimed he deserved a refund of nearly $800. The lawsuit, dismissed Monday by U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen, also asked the federal court for an order "declaring plaintiff to be a full citizen who is lawfully married" in Minnesota.
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