Arkansas, Mississippi same-sex marriage bans struck down

Arkansas, Mississippi same-sex marriage bans struck down

By Ashley Hogan on Nov 26, 2014 05:49 pm
[JURIST] Two federal judges on Tuesday struck down same-sex marriage bans in Arkansas and Mississippi [opinions, PDF]. The rulings overturned the voter-approved bans that had been in place for over a decade. US District Judge Carlton Wayne Reeves of Jackson placed his decision declaring the ban a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment on hold for two weeks to allow time for an appeal. In Arkansas, US District Judge Kristine Baker declared the ban unconstitutional for restricting the right for a...   +read more