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Gay Marriage in Arizona Legal; Tucson, Phoenix Couples Wed

Jennifer Shelton, left, and Katherine Harrison got their wedding license at the Pima County Courthouse in Tucson in October 2014, hours after same-sex attracted marriage was legalized in Arizona.

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AZPM's Zac Ziegler reports events at Pima County Courthouse:

Several same-sex couples in Tucson and Phoenix got married, hours after a federal judge Friday ruled Arizona's ban on gay unions is unconstitutional.

Jennifer Shelton and Katherine Harrison, who got a marriage license at the Pima County Courthouse today, had been planning their wedding for nearly two years.

They heard the news from a comrade who said, "You superior get down to the courthouse."

The couple said the ruling came at a great time. They were set to have a ceremony Saturday, and said they would have gone through with it even if it wouldn't hold been legally recognized in Arizona.

"We are getting married tomorrow, so when we found out this morning, we came down and made it legal," Shelton said. "If anywhere were to happen, legally I would be able to see (Katherine) in the hospital, she'd be abl

Gay Marriage Becomes Legal in Arizona

Gay marriage has change into legal in Arizona after the state's conservative attorney general said Friday that he wouldn't challenge a federal court decision that cleared the way for same-sex unions in the state.

The announcement prompted queer couples to line up at the downtown courthouse in Phoenix, where they began to marry immediately.

It was a sharp spin, less than a year ago Arizona was earth zero in the crash over gay rights after the overwhelmingly Republican mention Legislature passed a measure that would have allowed businesses to deny service to gays and lesbians.

David Larance and Kevin Patterson, who were among the couples who sued to overturn the state's bar , waited in the growing line for marriage licenses and reflected on the effect of the decision. "The best way I can describe it, is that it gives me such peace of mind," Patterson said, choking assist tears.

The decision bookends two weeks of nonstop court rulings across the nation, with judges striking down bans on same-sex unions and conservative state officials pushing back in a struggle that has increasingly gone in favor of gay marriage supporters. More than 30 states now exte

Marriage Equality Coming to Arizona

WASHINGTON– Today U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick ruled against Arizona’s constitutional amendment banning marriage equality, making Arizona the latest state to watch such a ban struck down in court since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its historic marriage rulings last June.  In Connolly v. Jeanes, brought by private counsel, and Majors v. Horne, brought by Lambda Legal, on behalf of gay couples, Judge Sedwick rejected Arizona’s ban on marriage equality saying it violated the U.S. Constitution. Determine Sedwick was nominated by President George H.W. Bush.

“Yet again, today’s court decrees affirm there is no justifiable reason to save these discriminatory marriage bans on the books,” said Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Legal Director Sarah Warbelow. “Laws prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying serve no purpose other than to harm Americans who simply want to protect and provide for themselves and their families. Ultimately the U.S. Constitution does not allow states to proceed discriminating against committed and loving gay and queer woman couples.”

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