Video: Gov. Bryant Opposes DeSoto County Divorce Case

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DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) — Governor Phil Bryant is weighing in on a DeSoto County divorce case.

Bryant, with counsel from the Christian Legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, is opposing Lauren Czekala-Chatham’s appeal in the Mississippi Supreme Court.

In 2013 Czekala-Chatham filed for divorce from Dana Ann Melancon in DeSoto County Chancery Court.

The DeSoto County judge refused the divorce petition on the grounds that Mississippi law prevented him from granting the divorce, since same-sex marriage isn’t legally recognized in the state.

Czekala-Chatham appealed the judges ruling, and Monday the State Supreme Court said it would hear the appeal, rather than the Court of Appeals.

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