Supreme Court refuses to block same-sex marriage in South Carolina

Supreme Court refuses to block same-sex marriage in South Carolina

By Laura DeGeer on Nov 20, 2014 01:14 pm
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] refused [order, PDF] a request to block same-sex marriages in South Carolina on Thursday, making it the thirty-fifth US state [website] where same-sex marriage is legal. The lower court in South Carolina had lifted the state's same-sex marriage ban earlier this month, and the Attorney General had asked [JURIST reports] the higher court to temporarily block the ruling, which the Supreme Court refused to do. Two of the Supreme Court's conservative members, Justices...   +read more