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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Pennsylvania officials challenge same-sex marriage licenses

Pennsylvania officials challenge same-sex marriage licenses
[JURIST] Lawyers for the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Governor Tom Corbett [official websites] argued In a legal filing on Monday that a Montgomery County Register of Wills [official website] decision to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples is a separation-of-powers violation that "risks causing serious and limitless harm" in Pennsylvania. Montgomery County court clerk D. Bruce Hanes issued 116 marriage licenses to same-sex couples after Attorney General Kathleen Kane [official website] said the Pennsylvania Marriage Law was unconstitutional [JURIST... [more]

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