How mind-blowing is it that reading these paragraphs about Arkansas and Mississippi feels almost routine? (Almost.) U.S. district judges on Tuesday struck down as unconstitutional same-sex marriage bans in Arkansas and Mississippi, separately overturning measures that voters approved a decade ago in both socially conservative Southern states. Judges Kristine Baker in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Carlton Reeves in Jackson, Mississippi, ruled that the bans on gay matrimony denied guarantees of equal protection under the law for gay couples. Both rulings are on hold, and neither the 5th Circuit nor the 8th Circuit Courts of Appeals have decided recent marriage equality cases, so they could remain on hold for quite some time.
Judges Rule For Marriage Equality In Mississippi And Arkansas, But No Weddings Yet
rss@dailykos.com (Laura Clawson), Daily Kos
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 7:36am
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