Claiming that the state law banning marriage equality causes no immediate harm, West Virginia’s Attorney General wants a judge to throw out a lawsuit.
Towleroad reports:
West Virginia Attorney General has motioned for a judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on gay marriage, the WV Gazette reports: In its motion, the state claims two reasons why the lawsuit filed by three same-sex couples should be dismissed: state law doesn’t cause them any immediate harm and the couples aren’t married, so the fact West Virginia doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages from other states doesn’t affect them, according to state attorneys. “The statute causes no concrete and immediate injury to Plaintiffs, who allege only the desire to marry each other in West Virginia and have not alleged that they are or intend to be married in another State,” the motion filed in U.S. District Court on Monday by Assistant Attorney General Julie Ann Warren says.
They’ll try every trick in the book to get their way, won’t they? What it comes down to is basic equality for same-sex couples. You can try to deny them that, but eventually, they will prevail.
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