continue at WRNA state Appeals Court is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to determine whether the state’s domestic partnership registry is Constitutional. The Fourth District Court of Appeals in Madison on Thursday certified the case to the State Supreme Court, asking justices to decide if the law violates a 2006 state Constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage or any similar arrangement.
The Appeals Court says a decision in the case will clarify the meaning of the marriage amendment, and notes it’s appropriate for the Supreme Court to consider the case because of the statewide significance of the lawsuit.
The domestic partnership registry was enacted in 2009 under former Governor Jim Doyle. It grants same-sex couples certain legal rights, such as the right to visit each other in hospitals, make end-of-life decisions, and inherit property.
Wisconsin Family Action's lawsuit challenging the domestic partnership registry will go to the Wisconsin Supreme Court
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