Colorado Attorney General John Suthers advised county clerks Tuesday to issue same-sex marriage licenses to couples who request them.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the seven same-sex marriage cases before it, allowing gay couples in Oklahoma, Utah, Indiana, Virginia, and Wisconsin to marry immediately. In the wake of that decision, the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted injunctions that had prevented three of the state’s county clerks from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples.
Read Suthers’ statement below:
“There are no remaining legal requirements that prevent same-sex couples from legally marrying in Colorado. Beginning today, Colorado’s 64 county clerks are legally required to issue licenses to same-sex couples who request them. In addition, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is required to register such marriages in the records of the State of Colorado.”
