Short set-back for Wisconsin.
Y'all know that Judge Barbara Crabb struck down Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage. Well, it took a side-step yesterday. It seems there was miscommunication on when the marriage license could be issued. And some folks wasn't cool with it.
Buzzfeed has the info:
Officials in Dane and Milwaukee counties, however, took Crabb’s declaration that the ban is unconstitutional to mean that they could begin marrying same-sex couples if they wished to do so. Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen sought to stop those marriages with an emergency request for a temporary stay, but no such stay was granted — either by Crabb or the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. Over the course of the week, many other counties in the state began issuing licenses and, on Wednesday, the Wisconsin Vital Records Office began processing the licenses.
Because of the confusion, lawyers for the plaintiffs and the state sped up the process of providing language for Crabb’s injunction in the case, and she held a hearing Friday afternoon to consider that issue, as well as the state’s request for a stay.
Man... But it's not bad news, just a pause.
If you are curious about her ruling, it's on the Buzzfeed link
