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The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in legal challenges to Indiana and Wisconsin’s marriage bans today, where federal judges have already struck down anti-gay marriage laws. A three-judge panel comprised of judges Richard Posner, Ann Claire Williams, and David F. Hamilton heard arguments from both sides. When Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Timothy Samuelson pointed to ‘tradition’ as the main justification for banning gay marriage, Judge Posner fired back with: “It was tradition to not allow blacks and whites to marry — a tradition that got swept away,” Posner said. Prohibition of same sex marriage, he said, is “a tradition of hate … and savage discrimination.” Key quotes from the hearing via Freedom to Marry: Judge Posner: “Suppose you’ve been adopted by same-sex parents and you come home one day from school and you say, ‘You know, all of the oth

On Tuesday the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago will hear arguments over Wisconsin and Indiana's bans on gay marriage. In June U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb f

Though many small police departments across Wisconsin have been using body cameras to record police interactions for months, bigger cities have yet to get programs off the ground. Police departments in cities like Whitewater and Janesville have been outfitting officers with body cameras for a least a year, but

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

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal appeals judges bristled 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.

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

By Jessica VanEgeren| The Cap Times