Lambda Legal and
ACLU team up to fight antigay Nebraska law

The American Civil Liberties Union is joining forces with gay rights group Lambda Legal in an attempt to overturn a recent antigay court decision in Nebraska that stripped same-sex couples of all government protections.

In legal papers filed Friday, Lambda Legal and the ACLU asked a Nebraska federal appeals court to reconsider its July decision that upheld a state law banning all legal protections for gay couples.

"The federal appeals court panel that decided this case just ignored the U.S. Supreme Court, which has ruled that states can't pass laws just to discriminate against gay people," said Matt Coles, director of the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project. "We are hopeful that the court will recognize this decision simply can't be squared with constitutional guarantees of equality." (The Advocate)