ACLU claims women denied right to marry inmates

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Five women engaged to Missouri inmates filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday claiming their fundamental right to marriage was violated when a warden refused to allow a local official to bring marriage applications into a prison because the official declined to provide his Social Security number.

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