Colorado AG Sues County Clerk For Issuing Gay Marriage Licenses

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

DYLAN SCOTT – JULY 5, 2014, 9:25 AM EDT

The Colorado Attorney General followed through on his threat Thursday to sue a county clerk for continuing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after being ordered to stop.

The Associated Press reported Republican attorney general John Suthers filed the suit against Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall. A federal judge struck down the state's gay marriage ban last week, but an appeals court issued a stay on the ruling.

Suthers argued that meant the ban was still in effect, but Hall continued to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. “Regretfully, our office was forced to take action against Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall due to her refusal to follow state law,” Suthers said in a statement, per the AP. “While we would prefer not to sue a government official, Ms. Hall’s actions are creating a legal limbo for both the state and the couples whose relationships she wants to champion.”

Hall countered in her own statement that Suthers's order would “force me to violate the fundamental rights of gay and lesbian couples who apply for a marriage license."

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[mountain grammy]

1. Suthers is a teabagger and a jerk.

He also joined the lawsuit against the ACA.

[shenmue]

2. Suing to keep people from getting married?

Isn't that against her religion?

[savalez]

6. and from getting health care.

[silvershadow]

3. The only legal limbo is being created by those who are trying to stall the inevitable. He could

just as easily settle it by not appealing.

[NutmegYankee]

4. John Suthers - this generations angry man in the schoolhouse door. nt

[blkmusclmachine]

5. Dickish move.

[Cartoonist]

7. Kudos to Hillary Hall

That's one courageous woman.

[Scuba]

8. Good luck finding a jury in Boulder that will convict Hillary Hall.