• Georgia asks judge halt gay marriage challenge until Supreme Court rules

    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.

  • Judge refuses to dismiss challenge to Georgia’s same-sex marriage ban

    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.

    • 2014

  • Georgia AG wants same-sex marriage challenge dismissed

    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 files federal lawsuit challenging Georgia’s gay marriage ban

    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.

  • Lambda Legal: Announcement ‘very soon’ on a Ga. marriage lawsuit

    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.