Saturday, November 15, 2014

National Center for Lesbian Rights asks SCOTUS to hear Tennessee Marriage Case


It's getting hot in my homestate!

National Center for Lesbian Rights and a few local legal filed a demand for SCOTUS hear their appeal of the Sixth Circuit Court ruling regarding the Tennessee case.

From their petition
Beyond the many legal protections denied to petitioners, Tennessee’s refusal to recognize their legal marriages continually communicates to petitioners and other Tennesseans that the State regards petitioners and their families as second-class citizens. Mr. Mansell and Mr. Espejo worry that their young children will internalize these messages and believe that their family is inferior and not entitled to the same dignity as other Tennessee families. Drs. Tanco and Jesty also want to protect their newborn child from growing up under discriminatory laws that mark their family as different and less worthy. For Sgt. DeKoe, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, Tennessee’s refusal to recognize his marriage to Mr. Kostura is particularly painful because he is denied the very rights — freedom, liberty, and equality - that he risked his life to protect.
Read the full petition here

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