NEBRASKA SSM LAWSUIT OK'D: From the Omaha World-Herald

Opponents of Nebraska's gay-marriage ban won the right Monday to go to court.

A request by the state to have a lawsuit against the ban dismissed in its infancy was rejected by U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon of Omaha.

Bataillon ruled that the amendment was ripe for a legal challenge.

...Attorney General Jon Bruning said the state still expects to win despite the day's setback.

"More than 60 percent of Nebraskans supported this amendment. And, they have a right to change the constitution as they see fit," Bruning said.

In 2000, voters in Nebraska approved a constitutional amendment on gay marriage. The ban also prohibited the recognition of civil unions, domestic partnerships or any other "similar same-sex relationships."

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