Marion County Clerk's Office to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples

Source: WTHR

The Marion County Clerk's Office will immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to the Supreme Court of the United States' decision to deny hearing of an appeal of the Seventh Circuit Court's decision declaring Indiana's ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional.

"I am delighted to once again welcome all loving Hoosier couples to the Clerk's Office to obtain a marriage license," said Clerk Beth White. "Limbo for these couples is over and they can expect nothing but dignity and respect from our marriage license staff when they arrive."

"We will not offer civil ceremonies as we did in June when same-sex marriage was briefly allowed in Indiana since the same state of urgency does not exist," White said. "When couples decide when their wedding day will be, they have 60 days to use their license."

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