REPORT ON INDIANA ORAL ARGUMENTS: From the Indianapolis Star Tribune

[Eve notes that questions asked in oral arguments are not the world's greatest indicator of an eventual ruling.]

The national debate over same-sex marriages came home to Indiana on Monday, with arguments spilling out of the Indiana Court of Appeals and into the court of public opinion.

As attorneys for the Indiana Civil Liberties Union and state argued the merits of a state law limiting marriage to the union of one man and one woman, the country's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender political organization launched a national advertising campaign in Indianapolis.

The ads by the Human Rights Campaign are aimed at conservatives and argue that amending the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriages is too drastic a step for dealing with a social issue, said Sally Green, associate field director for the group. The ads are appearing in nine other areas as well. ...

The judges peppered Fisher and Falk with questions, including the differences between the Indiana law and the Massachusetts ban found unconstitutional last year. ...

And the judge asked Fisher about the difference between the state's ban on same-sex marriage and previous laws banning inter-racial marriages.

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