Salon.com News | U.S. judge rejects Neb. gay-marriage ban: "Nebraska's ban on gay marriage was struck down by a federal judge who ruled the measure interferes with the rights of gay couples and people in a host of other living arrangements, including foster parents and adopted children. The constitutional amendment, which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman, was passed overwhelmingly by the voters in November 2000.

U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon ruled Thursday the ban 'imposes significant burdens on both the expressive and intimate associational rights' of gays 'and creates a significant barrier to the plaintiffs' right to petition or to participate in the political process.'

Bataillon said the ban 'goes far beyond merely defining marriage as between a man and a woman.'

State Attorney General Jon Bruning said he would appeal the ruling."

(Via Salon.)