More than 150 same-sex couples marry in Arkansas amid state high court delay
Source: Reuters
By Reuters
Monday, May 12, 2014 22:36 EDT
By Steve Barnes
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) – The Arkansas Supreme Court delayed its ruling until at least Tuesday on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to wed, even as more than 150 gay and lesbian couples were married at a county courthouse in the capital city of Little Rock.
Late last Friday, a state court judge struck down Arkansas’ decade-old ban on same-sex marriages, paving the way for five Arkansas counties to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday morning, according to a spokesman for the Association of Arkansas Counties.
The court ruling, which the state has appealed, made Arkansas the first and only state in the U.S. South to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples, adding to the momentum for allowing same-sex marriages in the country.
The state has asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to halt the issuance of marriage certificates for same-sex couples, and on Monday the court ordered attorneys to submit briefs by noon on Tuesday.
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...civilian workers, it was only a matter of time before the states had to follow.
The military decision was especially meaningful. There are military bases all over the country, especially in the deep red states. Military personnel live in local towns, shop in local stores, boost local businesses. They are visible. And now Uncle Sam endorses the marriages of the gay among them.
There will be holdouts, but when dominoes fall, eventually all of them fall.
Felicitations, people! Have a slice of cake for me! 
