September 16, 2010
Wyoming couple drops gay marriage lawsuit
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 1 MIN.
A gay couple in Cheyenne has dropped a federal lawsuit that challenged the Wyoming law defining marriage as existing only between a man and a woman.
The Casper Star-Tribune reports that David Shupe-Roderick and Ryan W. Dupree filed a notice Friday voluntarily dismissing their lawsuit against the state.
They say they are dismissing the suit because unspecified circumstances had changed.
The couple sued last month, alleging that Wyoming's law defining marriage as being a contract solely "between a male and a female person" was unconstitutional.
Some gay-rights activists expressed concern about the lawsuit. The two men were representing themselves, even though they're not lawyers.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
