A councilwoman and her fiancé are the first same-sex couple to be issued a marriage license in the red state of South Carolina.
Charleston County Councilwoman Colleen Condon and Nichols Bleckley became the first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license in the state of South Carolina.Â
The Charleston County Probate Court decided to issue the license. County Clerk Armeeda Collins told the Los Angeles Times, “It’s now legal and we’re moving forward.”
The Palmetto State technically still has a ban on same-sex marriage on the books, it is just a matter of time, possibly days, if not a week or two, before a judge trikes it down.Â
Meanwhile, across the state in Greenville County, same-sex couples are being denied marriage licenses today.
The Supreme Court’s decision to not take up any same-sex marriage cases on Monday effectively granted equal marriage rights to same-sex couples in five states — Virginia, Utah, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma. The effect of the decision effectively added an additional six states — including South Carolina — to the list, after judges officially strike down their marriage bans, which is little more than procedural at this point.
Meanwhile, GOP governors and attorneys general in many of those six states, sans Colorado, are insisting they will not allow same-sex couples to marry.
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