North Carolina.
Did you hear?
Same-sex couples marry after federal judge strikes down NC ban
RALEIGH, N.C. — Nearly two years after North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment recognizing marriage only as a union between a man and a woman, a federal court judge in Charlotte on Friday overturned the ban, allowing gay and lesbian couples across the state to marry immediately.
U.S. District Court Judge Max Cogburn's ruling came just after 5 p.m. and five days after the nation's top court declined to hear any appeal of a July ruling by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond striking down Virginia's ban. That court has jurisdiction over North Carolina.
The Tar Heel state becomes the 27th in the country where same-sex marriage is now legal. Idaho became the 28th.
Cogburn's order is related to a lawsuit filed in Asheville by members of the clergy over their rights to perform marriage ceremonies. Chief U.S. District Court Judge William Osteen in Greensboro is still poised to rule, likely next week, on another legal challenge to the ban.
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It's been a good week. 