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Today is a crucial milestone in Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage debate. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago hears arguments from the state, that a decision by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb against Wisconsin’s ban on gay marriage should be overturned.

A federal appeals court panel in Chicago heard oral arguments on Tuesday morning in separate lawsuits challenging Wisconsin’s and Indiana’s gay marriage bans. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb overturned Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage in early June, and for about a week hun

MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Battling the same-sex marriage ban…by the busload! Hundreds of same-sex marriage supporters are headed to Chicago to take part in a key hearing in the legal fight over same-sex marriages in Indiana and Wisconsin.

CHICAGO (AP) - Federal appeals judges bristled on Tuesday at arguments defending gay marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin, with one Republican appointee comparing them to now-defunct laws that once outlawed weddings between blacks and whites.

CHICAGO — Lawyers for Indiana and Wisconsin on Tuesday tried, with little success, to explain to three judges why their laws banning same-sex couples from marrying were constitutional. In the most lopsided arguments over marriage bans at a federal appeals court this year, the 7th Circuit Court of

Judge Richard Posner of the 7th Circuit Court is a moderate conservative with an unapologetic bias toward reality and logic. This bias makes him an ideal Slate columnist. It has also turned him into something of an iconoclast among his conservative colleagues, who frequently jettison prudence and precedent in order to achieve results that just happen to align with the Republican Party’s platform.

By Jessica VanEgeren| The Cap Times

By Jessica VanEgeren| The Cap Times

MADISON, WI – On the weekend before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments in the ACLU case challenging Wisconsin's marriage ban, congregations and faith communities from across Wisconsin are showing their support for marriage equality. On that Saturday and Sunday, Wisconsinites will join together in prayer and celebration for the eight brave plaintiff couples who will travel to Chicago on Wednesday to fight for the freedom to marry.