The state Supreme Court has refused to directly take up a challenge to Wisconsinâ??s domestic partner registry, a move gay rights advocates touted Wednesday as a triumph for same-sex couples.
A conservative group named Wisconsin Family Action said the registry violated the stateâ??s constitutional ban on gay marriage and argued the issue was so important that the Supreme Court should take it up immediately, bypassing the lower courts.
The Supreme Court justices did not explain the refusal in a terse order issued Tuesday and released Wednesday.