Federal appeals court strikes down Oklahoma marriage protection amendment
English: The in , , used by the and the . (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Oklahoma is the latest state to have its ban on same-sex “marriage” struck down by a federal appeals court. On Friday, a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver voted 2-1 to uphold a previous lower court ruling declaring the state’s marriage protection amendment unconstitutional. However, homosexual couples wanting to “marry” in the state will likely have to wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to settle the matter. Just as they did after striking down a similar law in Utah in June, the 10 th Circuit has stayed their own ruling pending appeal. The battle over same-sex “marriage” in Oklahoma began in 2004, when 76 percent of Oklahoma voters approved a constitutional amendment that defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman and stated that same-sex “marriages” granted by other states could not be recognized in Oklahoma. Shortly after the vote, two lesbian ...