Judge:Colorado Clerk OK'd to Give Gay Marriage Licenses [View all]
Source: AP
A Boulder County clerk who has been issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of Colorado's gay-marriage ban can continue, a judge ruled Thursday.
Boulder County Judge Andrew Hartman decided county clerk Hillary Hall can ignore a federal stay on a ruling from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver that states cannot set gender requirements for marriage.
The judge said gay marriage is still technically illegal in Colorado but that Hall's behavior was not harming anyone. But he said all who receive a license should be warned that they could still be invalid if a judge finds after trial that Hall didn't have the authority to issue them.
Hartman also noted that every judge — including one in Colorado the previous afternoon — in the past year has ruled that gay marriage bans are unconstitutional and that Colorado's prohibition is "hanging by a thread."
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Judge Rules Colorado Clerk Can Continue Issuing Gay Marriage Licenses
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