Pennsylvania Governor refuses to appeal against same-sex marriage
The Governor of Pennsylvania has announced he will not appeal a ruling striking down the state’s marriage ban, cementing same-sex marriage as law.
US District Judge John Jones yesterday struck down the ruling, writing: “We are a better people than what these laws represent, and it is time to discard them into the ash heap of history.”
Under state law, all marriages require a three day notice period, with the first same-sex weddings to be held this weekend.
There had been fears that the state’s Republican governor Tom Corbett would appeal the ruling, with appeals courts likely to put the ban back in place until the conclusion of the appeal, but he has now announced that he will not do so.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/05/21/us-pennsylvania-governor-refuses-to-appeal-against-same-sex-marriage/
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