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elrhiarhodan) wrote2014-05-20 03:02 pm
elrhiarhodan) wrote2014-05-20 03:02 pm
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Pennsylvania Overturns Gay Marriage Ban
Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage was overturned by U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III, saying:
"We now join the 12 federal district courts across the country which, when confronted with these inequities in their own states, have concluded that all couples deserve equal dignity in the realm of civil marriage."
And somehow I missed this, but yesterday (Monday), Oregon became the 18th state to recognize same-sex marriage, when couples began applying for marriage licenses immediately after U.S. District Judge Michael McShane issued a ruling that invalidated that state's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban.
Also Monday, a federal judge in Utah ordered state officials to recognize more than 1,000 gay marriages that took place in the state over a two-week period before the U.S. Supreme Court halted same-sex weddings with an emergency stay.
Source: New York Times
"We now join the 12 federal district courts across the country which, when confronted with these inequities in their own states, have concluded that all couples deserve equal dignity in the realm of civil marriage."
And somehow I missed this, but yesterday (Monday), Oregon became the 18th state to recognize same-sex marriage, when couples began applying for marriage licenses immediately after U.S. District Judge Michael McShane issued a ruling that invalidated that state's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban.
Also Monday, a federal judge in Utah ordered state officials to recognize more than 1,000 gay marriages that took place in the state over a two-week period before the U.S. Supreme Court halted same-sex weddings with an emergency stay.
Source: New York Times