From USA TODAY
Wisconsin judge puts same-sex marriages on hold
After a whirlwind of confusion and rushed marriages across Wisconsin, a federal judge on Friday put same-sex marriages in the state on hold. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb’s ruling in Madison came late Friday, exactly one week after she struck down the state’s 2006 prohibition against same-sex marriages. Last week, she didn’t direct local clerks on how to handle the ruling, leaving interpretation to individual county clerks that largely issued licenses. “After seeing the expression of joy on the faces of so many newly wedding couples featured in media reports, I find it difficult to impose a stay on the event that is responsible for eliciting that emotion, even if the stay is only temporary,” Crabb wrote. “Same-sex couples have waited many years to receive equal treatment under the law, so it is understandable that they do not want to wait any longer.”
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