Fifteen states (and the District of Columbia) have filed a brief in support of marriage equality in Utah and Oklahoma. Absent from the list is Minnesota.
Minnesota stands out as one of only three states which have not signed on to the brief, according to Buzzfeed. New Jersey, which has a Republican attorney general, did not sign on. Hawaii’s attorney general told Buzzfeed that the state was waiting for a decision from the 9th Circuit before adding its name.
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson did not return Buzzfeed’s request for comment.
Fourteen states with marriage equality, Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, all signed on in support of the two marriage equality cases — one in Utah and one in Oklahoma.
A fifteenth state, Oregon, which doesn’t have marriage equality, also signed on.
When Minnesota was facing a marriage equality lawsuit, activists urged Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson to drop her defense of the state’s unequal marriage laws. She was unresponsive.
Minnesota eventually passed marriage equality into law in May 2013, making the lawsuit moot.
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[…] He slammed the attorney general for not giving paid parental leave to all her staffers and for staying silent during the fight for marriage equality. Pelikan, who graduated law school in 2012, would be the […]
[…] He slammed the attorney general for not giving paid parental leave to all her staffers and for staying silent during the fight for marriage equality. Pelikan, who graduated law school in 2012, would be the […]
[…] He slammed the attorney general for not giving paid parental leave to all her staffers and for staying silent during the fight for marriage equality. Pelikan, who graduated law school in 2012, would be the […]
[…] He slammed the attorney general for not giving paid parental leave to all her staffers and for staying silent during the fight for marriage equality. Pelikan, who graduated law school in 2012, would be the […]
[…] He slammed the attorney general for not giving paid parental leave to all her staffers and for staying silent during the fight for marriage equality. Pelikan, who graduated law school in 2012, would be the […]
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[…] attorneys general in signing briefs supporting marriage equality the following year, and she declined to explain why. (Swanson ultimately declared her office’s support in 2015, two months before the Supreme […]
[…] attorneys general in signing briefs supporting marriage equality the following year, and she declined to explain why. (Swanson ultimately declared her office’s support in 2015, two months before the Supreme […]
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