Lawmakers Ask To Join Tennessee Gay Marriage Amendment Suit

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Ninety state legislators, hoping to keep a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage on next year's ballot, have asked to join a lawsuit that seeks to block the vote.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, the Tennessee Equality Project, three state legislators and several individuals filed a lawsuit in Davidson County Chancery Court earlier this year challenging the way lawmakers took up the resolution.
The legislators want to be defendants in the lawsuit and be represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative legal group. A hearing was scheduled for Wednesday.