Mississippi Judge Rejects Same-Sex Divorce

A Mississippi judge has rejected a lesbian's request to have her California same-sex marriage dissolved by the courts of her home state, according to the Associated Press. Democrat Attorney General Jim Hood said in a motion to intervene on Nov. 15 that Mississippi "has no obligation to give effect to California laws that are contrary to Mississippi's expressly stated public policy" barring same-sex marriage, the AP also reported.

Mississippi bars same-sex marriage by statute and in the state constitution.