Judge Piazza: There, I fixed it! Same sex marriage is a go (again) in Arkansas
"that Plaintiffs' request for a permanent injunction is GRANTED and the
Court does hereby permanently enjoin all Defendants, including their officers,
employees, agents, representatives, instrumentalities and political subdivisions
from enforcing Amendment 83 of the Arkansas Constitution, Act 146 of 1997, $
l(b)-(c) (codified at Ark. Code Ann. 9-11-208 (aX1)-(2)) and Act 144 of 1997
(codified at Ark. Code Ann. $$ 9-11-107(b), -109); and all other state and local
laws and regulations identified in Plaintiff's complaint or otherwise in existence to
the extent they do not recognize same-sex marriages validly contracted outside
Arkansas, prohibit otherwise qualified same-sex couples from marrying in
Arkansas or deny same-sex married couples the rights, recognition and benefits
associated with marriage in the State of Arkansas."
Full text of the Order here:
http://media.arkansasonline.com/news/documents/2014/05/15/Gaymarriagefinalorder.pdf