As expected, the various states in the 9th, 10th, and 4th appellate circuits are catching up this week to those courts' rulings striking down bans on same sex marriage:
- Civil marriage for same sex couples is now legal in North Carolina. South Carolina continues to fight the ruling, but the law is fairly clear that South Carolina must also abide by the 4th circuit's ruling.
- In the 10th circuit a Wyoming judge has said he will rule by Monday on whether to strike down Wyoming's ban. I'm not quite sure what is going on in Kansas.
- In the 9th an Alaskan judge struck down that state's ban. Couples began marrying but the state was able to get a temporary stay. So it has gone from blue back to pink. And in Arizona a judge ruled today there to strike down that state's ban and marriages are starting there. Plaintiffs in Montana are seeking the court to affirm the 9th's decision applies to Montana too.
And while court watchers have been waiting eagerly for the ruling from the 6th, we are still waiting.
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