Tennessee Breaks 14-Month Streak Of States Lifting Same-Sex Marriage Bans

"Neither the Federal Government nor another state should be allowed to dictate to Tennessee what has traditionally been a state’s responsibility.”

8.12.2014 | News | Trey Sanchez |

A Tennessee judge, not bowing to pressure, has ruled that same-sex marriage remains unconstitutional in the state, breaking a nearly 14-month streak of other states' rulings to the contrary.

Judge Russell E. Simmons, Jr. heard the case between two homosexual men married four years ago in Iowa and now seeking a divorce in their home state of Tennessee. Because state law considers their marriage "prohibited" and "unenforceable" in the state, a divorce could not be recognized. SCOTUSblog reports that while this ruling was in regards to this particular case of divorce, the ruling was in fact "sweeping."

This makes Tennessee the first state in the last 14 months to uphold their state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

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