sued the State Department in U.S. District Court in Georgia last year, naming Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as defendant, after the U.S.
Consulate in London refused to recognize her citizenship. They are represented by Lambda Legal, Immigration Equality, and lawyers from the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.Judge Michael L.
Brown found that the requirement for a biological relationship with both parents denies same-sex couples one of the benefits of marriage and therefore is constitutionally questionable, as the Supreme Court marriage equality ruling in Obergefell v.
Hodges and a subsequent ruling involving birth certificates both said all these benefits must be available to same-sex couples.And the U.S.