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A federal judge in Arkansas has just ruled that state's ban(s) on marriages of same-sex couples is unconstitutional. The ruling is stayed pending resolution of any Eighth Circuit appeal.
From Freedom To Marry:
Today, November 25, U.S. District Court Judge Karen Baker ruled in favor of the freedom to marry in Arkansas, declaring the state's Amendment 83, which limits the freedom to marry to different-sex couples, is unconstitutional. The ruling is staying pending a presumptive appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
The ruling is the second landmark decision in favor of marriage in Arkansas in less than 6 months, following a May 2014 ruling in state court, which is now currently being considered by the Arkansas Supreme Court. In May, following the state ruling, more than 500 same-sex couples from across the state received marriage licenses over the course of the week before the ruling was put on hold pending the appeal to the AR Supreme Court.
The case today was in Jernigan v. Crane, filed in July 2013 by Little Rock-based attorney Jack Wagoner of Wagoner Law Firm. The case before the Arkansas Supreme Court is Wright v. Smith.
A federal judge has ruled that Mississippi's ban(s) on marriages of same-sex couples is unconstitutional as well. Buzzfeed has the story on that ruling
here. This ruling is stayed for fourteen days.