First same-sex couple marries in Arkansas after marriage ban struck down

[Fearless]

Yesterday, Judge Chris Piazza ruled that the state’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage violated the rights of same-sex couples by defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

According to Associated Press, lesbian couple Kristen Seaton and Jennifer Rambo married late this morning, at Western District Courthouse in Carroll County.

They are 27 and 26, have been together for four years.

Weddings were not expected to start until Monday morning, but couples flocked to the Eureka Springs courthouse, one of the few to open on a Saturday.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/05/10/us-first-same-sex-couple-marries-in-arkansas-after-marriage-ban-struck-down/

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[shenmue]

1. Mazel tov!

I'm gonna cry. I just love weddings!

[libdem4life]

2. Terrific news. Arkansas leads the way in the South.

[Jake Stern]

3. This is wonderful news!

Mazel tov!

[TlalocW]

4. Heh...

Rambo.

You know that's probably a little extra punch in the gut for conservatives...

TlalocW

[theHandpuppet]

5. Congrats Kristen and Jennifer!

[WhiteTara]

6. Our little village is called the Wedding Capital

of the South. It's charming and quaint, and this is going to be a fat summer for the businesses in town.

[nomorenomore08]

7. Nice to see a young couple (younger than me, even). I respect those who've been together for decades

but seeing fellow Millennials get married is somehow, I don't know, comforting or something like that.