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Denver will follow Boulder on licenses as gay marriage gains momentum
Source: Associated Press
Denver will follow Boulder on licenses as gay marriage gains momentum
Associated Press in Denver
theguardian.com, Thursday 10 July 2014 20.21 BST
Denver's clerk said on Thursday she will join her counterpart in Boulder in issuing marriage licenses to gay couples after a judge said the liberal college town's clerk could keep doing so in defiance of Colorado's gay-marriage ban.
District court judge Andrew Hartman ruled earlier in the day that Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall can ignore a federal stay on a ruling from the 10th US circuit court of appeals in Denver, which found states cannot set gender requirements for marriage.
The judge said gay marriage is still technically illegal in Colorado but that Hall's behaviour was not harming anyone. But he said all who receive a license should be warned that the licenses could still be invalid if a court later finds that Hall didn't have the authority to issue them.
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Denver clerk and recorder Debra Johnson announced her decision to start issuing licenses to gay couples shortly after Hartman issued his ruling.
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Associated Press in Denver
theguardian.com, Thursday 10 July 2014 20.21 BST
Denver's clerk said on Thursday she will join her counterpart in Boulder in issuing marriage licenses to gay couples after a judge said the liberal college town's clerk could keep doing so in defiance of Colorado's gay-marriage ban.
District court judge Andrew Hartman ruled earlier in the day that Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall can ignore a federal stay on a ruling from the 10th US circuit court of appeals in Denver, which found states cannot set gender requirements for marriage.
The judge said gay marriage is still technically illegal in Colorado but that Hall's behaviour was not harming anyone. But he said all who receive a license should be warned that the licenses could still be invalid if a court later finds that Hall didn't have the authority to issue them.
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Denver clerk and recorder Debra Johnson announced her decision to start issuing licenses to gay couples shortly after Hartman issued his ruling.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/10/denver-city-clerk-boulder-licenses-gay-marriage
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