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Legal questions over domestic partnership registry

August 6, 2009 By WRN Contributor

If Wisconsin's new domestic partner registry law is overturned, Wisconsin could be faced with quite the legal question.

Julaine Appling is with Wisconsin Family Action, which has filed a legal challenge against the registry with the State Supreme Court. The suit claims a 2006 Constitutional amendment makes the registry invalid.

If the lawsuit succeeds, Appling says it could be similar to a dilemma that California experienced last year. Voters in California outlawed gay marriage in November of last year, but courts let existing same-sex arrangements stand.

Same-sex couples in Wisconsin have been signing up for this state's domestic partner registry since Monday, and legal battles are expected to play out in the future.

AUDIO: John Colbert reports (MP3 :36)

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