Arkansas Same -Sex Marriages Underway
Friday, March 29, 2024

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"The same cannot be said of the plaintiffs and other same-sex couples who have not been afforded the same measure of human dignity, respect and recognition by this state as their similarly situated, opposite sex counterparts," Piazza wrote.  Pulaski County, one of two counties that had been issuing licenses before the high court's decision, said it planned to resume marrying gay couples immediately. The other, Washington County, was not issuing licenses on Thursday, May 15, 2014. Through Wednesday (5/14) evening, 456 gay couples in Arkansas had since received permission to marry, according to an Associated Press canvass of county clerks. Seventeen other states allow gay marriage. Judges have struck down bans in Idaho, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

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Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel recently said he supported gay marriage personally but would still defend the state's ban.