Jernigan v. Crane

A federal judge who last year tossed out Arkansas’ voter-approved gay marriage ban won’t lift her own stay and let same-sex marriages resume immediately.

The Arkansas attorney general has asked a federal judge who struck down the state’s gay marriage ban to not allow same-sex couples to wed while the ruling is being appealed.

Lawyers for gay couples challenging Arkansas’ same-sex marriage ban want a federal judge to drop a stay she imposed while tossing the prohibition last year.

A federal appeals court has agreed to hear arguments this spring from three more states defending their same-sex marriage bans.

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel says he is filing a notice of appeal with the 8th U.S. Supreme Court of Appeals of a federal ruling striking down Arkansas’ gay marriage ban.

A petition urging Arkansas AG Dustin McDaniel to not appeal a same-sex marriage case was delivered by the plaintiffs.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A top official in Arkansas’ most populous county said Wednesday that his office is prepared to issue licenses if same-sex marriage returns to the Bible Belt. Pulaski County Clerk Larry Crane’s statements came a day after a federal judge tossed the state’s gay marriage ban, saying …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge has struck down Arkansas’ gay marriage ban, which could pave the way for county clerks to eventually resume issuing licenses. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker ruled Tuesday in favor of a pair of same-sex couples who had challenged the 2004 constitutional amendment and an earlier state law defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Challenges to the state’s ban on gay marriage are being fought in both federal and state courtrooms in Arkansas, but such unions could come to the state by other means. No decisions were issued after the state Supreme Court and U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker heard arguments in separate but similar lawsuits Thursday.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Supreme Court justices questioned Thursday whether banning gay marriage is constitutional just because voters overwhelmingly wanted to a decade ago, even if the restriction conflicts with other fundamental rights. Opponents and supporters of the 2004 constitutional amendment defining marriage as between …