NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia county that had been legally prevented from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples can now do so.
A Montgomery County spokesman says he expects officials to begin granting licenses at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in Norristown.
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But Montgomery County couldn’t grant any because of a stop order in a pending lawsuit.
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Last year, the county issued licenses to 174 same-sex couples before gay marriage was legal in Pennsylvania. A court ordered the rogue county to stop.
That order wasn’t lifted until Tuesday. County spokesman Frank Custer says the ruling came after offices had closed for the day.
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