Two federal rulings open door to gay marriage in South Carolina
Source: The Post and Courier
In two seismic rulings in favor of gay rights in South Carolina, a federal appeals court has denied the South Carolina attorney general's request for an emergency stay to halt gay marriages, and a federal judge has ruled in favor of a gay couple who want the state to recognize their marriage.
The federal judge's ruling means the state must immediately recognize same-sex marriages from other states where it is legal, in effect opening up a host of legal rights for gay couples and their children, attorneys said.
The appellate court ruling means that, unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes, new same-sex marriages will be legal in South Carolina starting at noon on Thursday.
"I am ecstatic!" Charleston County Councilwoman Colleen Condon said. She and her fiancee, Nichols Bleckley, sued South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson last month to be able to marry in their conservative homestate. They plan to be at the county courthouse promptly at noon to pick up the marriage license they applied for six weeks ago but never received.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Wilson's request for an emergency stay in Condon's case on Tuesday afternoon as the clock ticked toward Thursday's deadline.
Wilson said he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to step in quickly.
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is crazy fundamentalists' heads exploding. 
