Update (4 p.m.):
LITTLE ROCK, AR – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday made marriage for same-sex couples legal nationwide, declaring that refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples violates the Constitution.
The following Arkansas counties are issuing same-sex marriage licenses immediately:
Madison County – 0 issued
Cross County – 0 issued
Jackson County – 1 issued
Pulaski – 11 issued
Garland – 0 issued
Washington – 8 issued
Saline – 2 issued
Carroll – 2 issued in Western District, 0 in Eastern District
Jackson – 1 issued
Craighead – 4 issued
Izard – 0 issued
Lawrence – 0 issued
Lee – 0 issued
Little River – 0 issued
Logan – 0 issued
Madison – 0 issued
Perry – 0 issued
Yell County – 0 issued
Grant – 0 issued
Faulkner – 3 issued
Conway – 0 issued
Sebastian – 0 issued
Original Story (10:30 a.m.):
LITTLE ROCK, AR (Arkansas Times) – Quick calls to clerks’ offices in some of the state’s most populous counties finds that many are waiting for guidance from their respective county attorneys.
Where same-sex couples can get a marriage license immediately: Pulaski, Carroll, Faulkner, Washington and Saline.
Waiting on county attorney: Benton, Garland, Jefferson and White.
Craighead and Sebastian counties said to check back later.
From an earlier item:
Scott Perkins, communications director for the Association of Arkansas Counties, said that organization was advising counties to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples forthwith. He said some counties hadn’t solved software issues on licenses. Some have already prepared gender-neutral license forms. But those issues shouldn’t be a bar to issuance of licenses.
A spokesperson in the Faulkner County Clerk’s office said one license had already been issued to a same-sex couple.
LITTLE ROCK, AR – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday made marriage for same-sex couples legal nationwide, declaring that refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples violates the Constitution.
The following Arkansas counties are issuing same-sex marriage licenses immediately:
Madison County – 0 issued
Cross County – 0 issued
Jackson County – 1 issued
Pulaski – 11 issued
Garland – 0 issued
Washington – 8 issued
Saline – 2 issued
Carroll – 2 issued in Western District, 0 in Eastern District
Jackson – 1 issued
Craighead – 4 issued
Izard – 0 issued
Lawrence – 0 issued
Lee – 0 issued
Little River – 0 issued
Logan – 0 issued
Madison – 0 issued
Perry – 0 issued
Yell County – 0 issued
Grant – 0 issued
Faulkner – 3 issued
Conway – 0 issued
Sebastian – 0 issued
Original Story (10:30 a.m.):
LITTLE ROCK, AR (Arkansas Times) – Quick calls to clerks’ offices in some of the state’s most populous counties finds that many are waiting for guidance from their respective county attorneys.
Where same-sex couples can get a marriage license immediately: Pulaski, Carroll, Faulkner, Washington and Saline.
Waiting on county attorney: Benton, Garland, Jefferson and White.
Craighead and Sebastian counties said to check back later.
From an earlier item:
Scott Perkins, communications director for the Association of Arkansas Counties, said that organization was advising counties to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples forthwith. He said some counties hadn’t solved software issues on licenses. Some have already prepared gender-neutral license forms. But those issues shouldn’t be a bar to issuance of licenses.
A spokesperson in the Faulkner County Clerk’s office said one license had already been issued to a same-sex couple.
