LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected the state attorney general’s request for a stay of a judge’s ruling that overturned Arkansas’ constitutional ban on gay marriage.
The high court on Wednesday turned down the request from Attorney General Dustin McDaniel that would have halted the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza had ruled last week that a voter-approved gay marriage ban was unconstitutional, but didn’t issue a stay. A few counties began issuing marriage licenses, and by midweek about 450 couples had gotten them.
The vast majority of the state’s counties refused to grant licenses, saying the Supreme Court needed to weigh in. McDaniel said a stay was necessary because clerks did not know whether they were obligated to issue licenses.
There’s also another law to be addressed. Apparently, our state has a law that says clerks can’t issue licenses. The plaintiffs intend to go back to court tomorrow to address this.
Don’t you know what’s going to happen now with this? It means brothers are going to be marrying sisters. Oh wait, this is the South we’re talking about…ok, never mind.
Can someone please explain to me how such a large percentage of the country can go from one belief system (gay marriage is horrible and evil and wrong, so wrong that we should outlaw it!) to an entirely different belief system (gay marriage is beautiful and should be legal and celebrated!).
I’m, of course, happy about the shift. I just don’t understand it. How does someone’s brain work when their belief system is so malleable?
Looks like the Huckster has more judges to impeach…
Bill Clinton should immediately give a speech or do a fundraiser in Little Rock to celebrate and reaffirm victory for equality in Arkansas.