Jennifer Lynn Halsey

Same-sex weddings continue in Milwaukee after judge strikes down ban

• "We've been waiting for a long time; this is well worth it," said Jennifer Halsey, 39, as she and Shields, 36, stood in the courthouse hallway with dozens of other couples and waited nearly an hour for their number to be called to fill out the $110 marriage license paperwork and pay another $25 for Jennifer Halsey said they decided to marry in Milwaukee on Saturday before anything could happen in federal court to change U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb's ruling that the prohibition on same-sex vows in Wisconsin was unconstitutional."It was very demoralizing when the constitutional amendment passed, and we realized how many people in Wisconsin didn't support us," Jennifer Halsey said of the 2006 amendment outlawing same-sex marriage that Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly passed.
• Date: Jun 07, 2014
• Category: U.S.
• Source: Google