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Related: About this forumFirst same-sex couple marries in Arkansas after marriage ban struck down
Yesterday, Judge Chris Piazza ruled that the states constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage violated the rights of same-sex couples by defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
According to Associated Press, lesbian couple Kristen Seaton and Jennifer Rambo married late this morning, at Western District Courthouse in Carroll County.
They are 27 and 26, have been together for four years.
Weddings were not expected to start until Monday morning, but couples flocked to the Eureka Springs courthouse, one of the few to open on a Saturday.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/05/10/us-first-same-sex-couple-marries-in-arkansas-after-marriage-ban-struck-down/
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First same-sex couple marries in Arkansas after marriage ban struck down (Original Post)
Fearless
May 2014
OP
Nice to see a young couple (younger than me, even). I respect those who've been together for decades
nomorenomore08
May 2014
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Mazel tov!
I'm gonna cry. I just love weddings!
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)2. Terrific news. Arkansas leads the way in the South.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)3. This is wonderful news!
Mazel tov!
TlalocW
(15,377 posts)4. Heh...
Rambo.
You know that's probably a little extra punch in the gut for conservatives...
TlalocW
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)5. Congrats Kristen and Jennifer!
WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)6. Our little village is called the Wedding Capital
of the South. It's charming and quaint, and this is going to be a fat summer for the businesses in town.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)7. Nice to see a young couple (younger than me, even). I respect those who've been together for decades
but seeing fellow Millennials get married is somehow, I don't know, comforting or something like that.