interests and therefore do not violate the Constitution of the United States." Further Appeal to the 8th Circuit The plaintiffs petitioned the Eighth Circuit for rehearing en banc, which the Court denied on August 30, 2006. The plaintiffs did not file a petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court. One ACLU official commented: "With the current climate in the courts, I think it's a very bad time to attack this problem." See also In Re Marriage of J.B. and H.B. - 2010 Texas case involving some of the same arguments concerning Texas Proposition 2 (2005) LGBT rights in Nebraska References External links District Court decision: Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning, 368 F. Supp. 2d 980 (D.Neb. 2005) Eighth Circuit opinion: Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning, 455 F.3d 859 (8th Cir. 2006) 2006 in United States case law 2006 in LGBT history American Civil Liberties Union litigation LGBT history in Nebraska United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit cases United States same-sex union case law