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The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against the state’s same-sex marriage...

Four same-sex couples sued Gov. Scott Walker and other public officials Monday in an attempt to overturn the state's seven-year-old amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage.

The American Civil Liberties Union is going to federal court Monday in Wisconsin, suing Gov. Scott Walker and other officials to secure marriage rights for same-sex couples there.

A group of same-sex couples has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's ban on gay marriage. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit for the couples in federal court in Madison on Monday morning. The lawsuit argues that 17 states and the District of Columbia allow same-sex couples to marry. It goes on to say Wisconsin's ban deprives same-sex couples of the legal protections afforded married couples for no reason other than their sexual orientation and gay Wisconsin couples who go out of state to marry could face prosecution when they return.

Four same-sex couples represented by the American Civil Liberties Union sued Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) and other state top administration officials on Monday, challenging Wisconsin’s seven-year-old ban on gay marriage.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was sued by four same-sex couples seeking the right to marry in the state and to overturn a law that threatens them with imprisonment if they wed in another state.

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.