Analysis: Uncertainty Surrounds Gay Marriage Case

(AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court's biggest piece of unfinished business as it wraps up 2014 — whether the state's ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional — is the one that will have the most far-reaching effects for the state. With less than two weeks left in the year, justices have yet to issue a decision about the 2004 constitutional amendment and earlier state law defining marriage as between a man and a woman. More than 500 same-sex couples were issued marriage licenses before the Supreme Court suspended Piazza's decision. Corbin has been viewed as a reliable vote for striking down the marriage ban after voicing skepticism at the state's argument that a constitutional amendment can't be unconstitutional. [...] the court rules, the next immediate step for the side that loses is to petition for a rehearing within 18 calendar days of the decision. Some Republican lawmakers are already expected to push for a constitutional amendment that would allow the recall of judges, an idea that Little Rock businessman Jackson T.

 

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