Inniss v. Aderhold

Lawyers for the state of Georgia have asked a federal judge to stop any action on a challenge to the state’s ban on gay marriage until the U.S. Supreme Court has a chance to rule on the issue.

A challenge to Georgia’s gay marriage ban will go forward, with a federal judge on Thursday declining to dismiss a lawsuit that says the state’s ban violates their constitutional rights.

ATLANTA — Georgia’s attorney general is asking a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by a gay rights group challenging the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriages. Attorney General Sam Olens said in a filing on Monday that the suit takes away Georgia residents’ right to define marriage. Lambda Legal filed the suit in April on behalf of seven people…

Lambda Legal announced Tuesday it has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Georgia’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. The case was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of a widow and three same-sex couples.

Almost every week, a new one appears. Marriage equality lawsuits have been filed now in all but five states in the nation — the final five that remain out of the game are North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Alaska and, finally… Georgia, the most populous state of the remaining five.