Judge refuses to block WI marriage amendment, proposes speedy trial

via Alliance Defending Freedom

Citing rulings in a spate of similar lawsuits across the country, U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb on Tuesday declined to issue a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage.

But Crabb signaled that she plans to move quickly to decide the case — even if the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin declines her advice to withdraw its motion for a preliminary injunction.

Crabb said the plaintiffs should consider pursuing a “swift, final determination” in U.S. District Court in Madison “rather than litigating the case in multiple stages with no clear benefits to either side.”

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