Navigating a sea of gay lawsuits over marriage

Until recently, the real litigation action over same-sex marriage was in state courts.  Groups like Lambda Legal, GLAAD, and the ACLU were careful to bring suits articulating only state-law theories, not federal constitutional claims.  But that has changed, and the newspaper Southern Voice has a guide for the bewildered through the multiple suits recently filed in federal courts challenging discrimination against same-sex couples in the ability to marry or to have their existing marriages recognized.

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