Nixon orders local governments to allow same-sex marriage, while Brownback acts to curb them

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has issued an executive order mandating that state and local agencies comply with the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriages.

That order is aimed at places like Schuyler County, where county Recorder of Deeds Linda Blessing says she’s exploring options on whether she has to comply with the court’s action or Nixon’s order.

A.J. Bockelman, executive director of PROMO – the state’s largest gay-rights organization – said that Blessing had told one of his group’s volunteers, “This is against my conscience. I will not issue a license.”

Bockelman added that there’s at least one gay couple in Schuyler who wants to get married, but they are waiting to see whether Blessing backs down. The couple does not want to go public, he said.

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