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Wis. Marriages Likely to Halt Today

Wis. Marriages Likely to Halt Today

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A federal judge will probably to allow the state to continue enforcing its same-sex marriage ban while her ruling against it is appealed.

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The federal judge who struck down Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriage is likely to halt such marriages in most of the state this afternoon, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb found last Friday that the ban violated the U.S. Constitution, but she did not issue an injunction against its enforcement. Most of the state's counties have been issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples since then, even though Wisconsin attorney general J.B. Van Hollen says county clerks may be violating the law with their actions.

At a hearing this afternoon, Crabb did not issue such an injunction but said she would do so soon, possibly later today; however, she will probably put it on hold while the state appeals her ruling against the ban, the Journal Sentinel reports. "I'll try to make whatever I decide plain, clear, understandable," she said. She did not indicate whether the same-sex marriages that have already taken place will remain legally valid.

Check back for updates.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.