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Lawyers filed suit in federal court Monday seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriages and to block a state statute that makes it a crime to travel elsewhere for such a marriage.

Wisconsin is a state of political contradictions—we Wisconsinites have a proud progressive history, but we also produced one of the biggest opponents of welfare in the nation, a man who almost became the vice presidential nominee. We produced the first openly gay U.S. senator, but our state has held a ban on gay marriage for the past eight years.

Four same-sex couples on Monday asked a federal judge in Wisconsin to overturn the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage, the latest in a series of court challenges aimed at making same-sex marriage legal around the United States.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Monday morning challenging Wisconsin's constitutional ban on gay marriage. Four couples are plaintiffs in the suit.

The American Civil Liberties Union delivered an early Valentine to gay and lesbian couples in Wisconsin. The ACLU, representing four same-sex couples, filed a federal lawsuit in Madison on Feb. 3 that demands marriage equality in the state.

Four gay and lesbian couples and the American Civil Liberties Union sued the state of Wisconsin on Monday, over the issue of marriage equality.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin on Monday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to void the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, arguing it violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal treatment and denies a basic right to gay couples.

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