And then it was over.
For whatever reasons, Justice Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay against same-sex marriages in Idaho; in the end, the Court decided to not hear the case.
On Monday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the stay and put the issue to rest.
And, well, yeah. Then it was over.
Marriage licenses can legally be issued to same-sex couples statewide starting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
Deborah Ferguson, attorney for the four couples who sued to overturn Idaho’s ban on gay marriage, hadn’t even filed her reply to the state’s latest legal filings when the order came out mid-day Monday. “I guess they kind of knew what we were going to say,” she said.
(Russell)
Except, well, this is Idaho.
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