[The SC Supreme Court]
oped: Indeed this issue is by no means over!
http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2014/10/federal-appellate-courts-and-scotus-on.html
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JEFFREY COLLINS
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court is ordering
state probate courts not to issue same-sex marriage licenses until a
federal judge decides whether the state constitution's ban on the unions
is legal.
The justices issued a ruling late Thursday morning, a day after Probate Court Judge Irving Condon began accepting applications for the licenses. He based the move on a ruling overturning Virginia's same-sex marriage ban by a court with jurisdiction over South Carolina.
The Supreme Court's order disappointed dozens of gay couples in a whirlwind week of legal maneuvers.
Attorney General Alan Wilson had asked the justices to block the issuance of any licenses.
Meanwhile, a case from a couple who were married in Washington, D.C., and want to be recognized in South Carolina and have the ban overturned is before a federal judge.
The justices issued a ruling late Thursday morning, a day after Probate Court Judge Irving Condon began accepting applications for the licenses. He based the move on a ruling overturning Virginia's same-sex marriage ban by a court with jurisdiction over South Carolina.
The Supreme Court's order disappointed dozens of gay couples in a whirlwind week of legal maneuvers.
Attorney General Alan Wilson had asked the justices to block the issuance of any licenses.
Meanwhile, a case from a couple who were married in Washington, D.C., and want to be recognized in South Carolina and have the ban overturned is before a federal judge.
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