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May 19, 2014

Arkansas Supreme Court Halts Same-Sex Marriages After Appeal 
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The Arkansas Supreme Court has halted same-sex marriages one week after
a state judge struck down a ban on marriage equality. Hundreds of
couples obtained licenses in the days after the initial ruling. But
Arkansas justices put those unions on hold Friday pending the outcome of
a state appeal. The case is expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court,
which set off a wave of state marriage equality rulings after
overturning to the Defense of Marriage Act last year. Idaho also saw its
marriage equality ban struck down last week, but same-sex marriages have
also been put on hold as a court weighs a state request to appeal.

 

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