The lawsuit was initially started by the anti-same-sex marriage group Christen für Traditionelle Ehe against the State of German Lower Saxony, arguing that the state's legalization of same-sex marriage in September 1999 was unconstitutional as it went against "the natural order wherein procreation and security for the children stand central, and where God in his almighty knowledge prevents the people from sodomy". The group is known as being firmly anti-gay and highly religious, instigating attempts to illegalize sodomy and homosexuality, these attempts so far always having been in vain.
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| - The lawsuit was initially started by the anti-same-sex marriage group Christen für Traditionelle Ehe against the State of German Lower Saxony, arguing that the state's legalization of same-sex marriage in September 1999 was unconstitutional as it went against "the natural order wherein procreation and security for the children stand central, and where God in his almighty knowledge prevents the people from sodomy". The group is known as being firmly anti-gay and highly religious, instigating attempts to illegalize sodomy and homosexuality, these attempts so far always having been in vain.
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| - Lies van Houten, Baroness van Houten of Enschede, Chief Justice
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| - Attorney-General of the Seafaring Confederation, in Her Power to Represent the Seafaring Confederation, Defendant, versus Christen für Traditionelle Ehe, in Their Power to Challenge Statute 1 of the Law of German Lower Saxony on Marriage, Plaintiff
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| - Seafaring Confederation vs. Christen für Traditionelle Ehe
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| - Same-sex marriage legal throughout the Confederation
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| - Same-sex marriage declared constitutional
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| - Supreme Court of the Seafaring Confederation
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| - The lawsuit was initially started by the anti-same-sex marriage group Christen für Traditionelle Ehe against the State of German Lower Saxony, arguing that the state's legalization of same-sex marriage in September 1999 was unconstitutional as it went against "the natural order wherein procreation and security for the children stand central, and where God in his almighty knowledge prevents the people from sodomy". The group is known as being firmly anti-gay and highly religious, instigating attempts to illegalize sodomy and homosexuality, these attempts so far always having been in vain. The lawsuit was filed in the Confederate District Court of Landkreis Heidekreis, where it was initially known as Christen für Traditionelle Ehe gg. Staat Neddersassen (Eidgenössisch). The plaintiffs argued that marriage was described as only being between a man and a woman, that marriage was to insure procreation, and that children could only be brought up safely when they had both a father a mother, not a mother and a mother or a father and a father. They also argued that the implementation of same-sex marriage had happened undemocratically according to Civil Code 2 S.N.S. §7. The defendants argued that same-sex marriage was actually to ensure a safe family environment for children, and that it was both an economical and a social improvement for those that it affected. They also argued that the democratic process had been adhered to because in order for Civil Code 2 S.N.S. §7 to take effect, enough signatures must be provided, which there were not. The District Court ruled that same-sex marriage was indeed constitutional. This was appealed to the Confederate Appellate Court of the Second Circuit of the State of German Lower Saxony in Saxony and after that to the Confederate Appellate Court of the State of German Lower Saxony in Saxony, which both upheld it, thus effectively keeping same-sex marriage legal. Appeals then went on to the Confederate Federal Appellate Court of the Federation of the United States of Saxony in the Seafaring Confederation, where the case became known as Sassen gg. Christen für Traditionelle Ehe 23110 999 (2000) (20 Dezember). This court ruled that same-sex marriage was constitutional and that bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, effectively legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the entirety of Saxony. This ruling was stayed pending an appeal to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the Seafaring Confederation struck down all same-sex marriage bans in the Seafaring Confederation on September 17, 2001.
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