Marriage Equality Ban Struck Down In Pennsylvania
Click here for reuse options!U.S. District Judge John E. Jones, III ruled that Pennsylvania’s law banning marriage equality is unconstitutional. Pennsylvania becomes the tenth state where a federal judge has struck down a marriage ban since the U.S. Supreme Court issued their two marriage-related rulings last year.
Judge Jones’ ruling opens the door for same-sex couples to immediately begin applying for marriage licenses. In Pennsylvania there is a three-day waiting period before marriages can be performed after a couple receives a marriage license. Some counties can waive this wait period.
In today’s ruling, Judge Jones wrote, “We are a better people than what these laws represent, and it is time to discard them into the ash heap of history.”
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By: Cheston Catalano
Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.
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granpa.usthai May 20th, 2014 at 22:53
well, he ll, I reckon the Konservative RepubliKlans ruining NC have cost their taxpayers a whole lot of money for nothing too!
just think of the money the US could save if we just gave them all a one way ticket to Uganda – Russia – or North Korea.
granpa.usthai May 20th, 2014 at 22:53
well, he ll, I reckon the Konservative RepubliKlans ruining NC have cost their taxpayers a whole lot of money for nothing too!
just think of the money the US could save if we just gave them all a one way ticket to Uganda – Russia – or North Korea.
fahvel May 21st, 2014 at 03:31
hey, it worked for Castro.
fahvel May 21st, 2014 at 03:31
hey, it worked for Castro.