article_snippet: A federal judge has struck down Nebraska's ban on same-sex marriage, calling A federal judge an "unabashedly gender-specific infringement of the equal rights of A federal judge citizens.
article_snippet: U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon's decision Monday means that same-sex marriage is now against the law in fewer than one in four states.
article_snippet: And so, beginning Monday the state must "treat same-sex couples the same as different sex couples" when it comes to marriage rights, the federal injunction reads.
article_snippet: The state's constitutional ban on gay marriage, passed in 2004, was struck down twice last year -- once by a state court judge and again by a U.S. District Court judge.
article_snippet: Local officials issued some 400 marriage licenses following the state court decision, but the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the issuance of more licenses pending the U.S. Supreme Court review of The case involving Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee.
article_snippet: last year, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that North Dakota's constitutional amendment banning gay marriages had no "legitimate purpose.
article_snippet: the U.S. Supreme Court later overturned the state court ruling, reinstating gay marriage bans in Kentucky and four other states.
article_snippet: A U.S. District Court judge ruled last year that the state's 2004 ban was unconstitutional, resulting in the issuance of more than 300 marriage licenses.
article_snippet: A state court judge ruled in November that Missouri's 2004 constitutional ban on gay marriage was illegal.
article_snippet: While the state's 2004 ban is in effect, officials in the St. Louis area have issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
article_snippet: same-sex couples are challenging the state's 2004 ban, but a federal judge issued a ruling on January 20 delaying the proceedings until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules.
article_snippet: A federal appeals court judge upheld a ban last year on same-sex marriages in  the state.