The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the attorney general of Indiana’s request for an emergency stay of Wednesday’s ruling that strict down the Hoosier state’s ban on same-sex marriage — hundreds of couples are now left in limbo.
Hundreds of legally married Indiana same-sex couples tonight joined their brothers and sisters in states like Utah, Wisconsin, Arkansas, and Michigan, not knowing if their unions will be legally recognized by the very state and local governments that licensed them. After marrying Wednesday, Thursday, and today, several hundred same-sex couples in the Hoosier state were just told by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that their marriages are now in limbo, and any other couples who wish to marry after the newly-struckdown ban are  out of luck.
Despite an impressive social media and grassroots campaign to get Indiana Attorney General Gregory Zoeller to not challenge Judge Richard L. Young’s ruling, today Zoeller asked and was granted his wish.
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Indiana needs help keeping our equal rights. Call AG Zoeller and urge him to drop his appeal. 317.232.6201 #Indiana pic.twitter.com/szdRgLbY7w
— Judy S (@JudyAScott) June 27, 2014
Chris Geidner at Buzzfeed reports that in “a two-sentence order, the 7th Circuit — in a three-judge panel of Judges Richard Posner, Ann Claire Williams, and David F. Hamilton — granted the stay.”
No reasoning or explanation was given, neither was any consideration to the couples or their families.
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