By AP/KWMU
Jefferson City, MO – A Missouri state lawmaker said a judge should not grant an annulment to a lesbian couple married in Massachusetts.
Republican Senator Delbert Scott said the women violated a Massachusetts residency requirement when they moved to Missouri.
In 2003, Missouri lawmakers overwhelmingly passed Scott's bill limiting marriage to a man and a woman.
Scott filed a brief this week asking a judge in St. Joseph to drop the case as an "unrecognized marriage."
Scott said Missouri law bars judges from recognizing same-sex marriages for any purpose.