Thursday September 12,
2013
Pa. Judge To End
Same-Sex Marriage
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday ordered
a suburban Philadelphia clerk to stop issuing marriage
licenses to same-sex couples.
Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini said Montgomery County
Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes did not have the power to
decide on his own whether Pennsylvania's same-sex marriage ban
violates the state constitution.
"Unless and until either the General Assembly repeals or
suspends the Marriage Law provisions or a court of competent
jurisdiction orders that the law is not to be obeyed or
enforced, the Marriage Law in its entirety is to be obeyed and
enforced by all commonwealth public officials," Pellegrini
wrote.
It was not immediately clear what the decision would mean to
those who have already received a license.
