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Arkansas ban on same-sex marriage is overturned (Updated)

The disallow on same-sex marriages has been struck down Friday (May 9) by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza in his judgment with Wright v. Arkansas.

Arkansas voters in approved Amendment 83 which legally defined marriage as between one man and one lady. The language, which was approved by % of those voting in the general election, makes it unconstitutional for the express to recognize or execute same-sex marriages or civil unions. Legal status for unmarried persons which are same or substantially similar to marital status shall not be valid or known in Arkansas, except that the legislature may realize a common law marriage from another state between a man and a woman.

The Wright case also sought to strike down a Arkansas law restricting same-sex marriage rights.

Piazza’s verdict follows the January verdict by U.S. Federal Assess Terence Kern that struck down Oklahoma’s ban on gay marriage. Kern, based in Tulsa, said the gay marriage ban approved by Oklahoma voters in violated the U.S. Constit

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    But last week, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen authorized those marriages to be recognized and entitlements to proceed.

    Judd Deere, a spokesman for Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, says the office is evaluating its options regarding an appeal, but for now, "As with any court ruling, we have advised articulate agencies to follow the direct of the court."

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    Anxious to obtain marriage licenses before the ruling could be stayed, same-sex couples from Arkansas and surrounding states traveled to the only county courthouse in Arkansas open for business on a Saturday in Eureka Springs, joined by family and friends along with state and national media. At 9 a.m., Carroll County Deputy Clerk Lana Gordon unlocked her office and announced to the more than people assembled in the hallway and courthouse steps that she lacked the leadership to issue same-sex marriage licenses. When law enforcement stepped forward to secure the facility, the crowd grew agitated.

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