A federal judge moments ago just struck down a same-sex marriage ban in North Carolina.
“In a brief three-page decision, U.S. District Judge Max Coburn determined that North Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage, known as Amendment One, is unconstitutional because of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision overturning Virginia’s ban on gay nuptials, Chris Johnson at the Washington Blade reports.
“The issue before this court is neither a political issue nor a moral issue,†Coburn writes. “It is a legal issue and it is clear as a matter of what is now settled law in the Fourth Circuit that North Carolina laws prohibiting same sex marriage, refusing to recognize same sex marriages originating elsewhere, and/or threating to penalize those who would solemnize such marriages, are unconstitutional.â€