Queer Notes: One Very, Very Large Victory!

Lamba Legal attorney David Buckel

Breaking News: Justice in Nebraska?

Today, a federal Judge struck down a Nevada constitutional amendment which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon said the ban "imposes significant burdens on both the expressive and intimate associational rights" of gays "and creates a significant barrier to the plaintiffs' right to petition or to participate in the political process."


Bataillon said the ban beyond "goes far beyond merely defining marriage as between a man and a woman."


The judge said the "broad proscriptions could also interfere with or prevent arrangements between potential adoptive or foster parents and children, related persons living together, and people sharing custody of children as well as gay individuals."


Forty states have laws barring same-sex marriages, but Nebraska's ban is the only one that prevented homosexuals who work for the state or its university system from sharing health insurance and other benefits with their partners.

Yep. Justice in Nebraska.