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Federal appeals court wants briefs in gay marriage case

By: Associated Press//June 10, 2014//

Federal appeals court wants briefs in gay marriage case

By: Associated Press//June 10, 2014//

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Mel Freitag, left, and Amber Sowards, of Madison, Wis., get married by Daniel Floeter, family court commissioner, outside the City-County Building on Friday, June 6, 2014, in Madison after a federal judge struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage. Sowards, who is six months pregnant, has been with Freitag for six years. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Amber Arnold)
Mel Freitag (left) and Amber Sowards, of Madison, get married Friday by Daniel Floeter, family court commissioner, outside the City-County Building in Madison. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Amber Arnold)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It looks like a federal appeals court won’t rule on whether to halt gay marriages in Wisconsin until at least Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb struck down Wisconsin’s gay marriage ban Friday in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit. She declared the ban unconstitutional but stopped short of ordering clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, saying she wants a draft ACLU order on how it wants the decision implemented. County clerks across the state have started issuing licenses anyway.

Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has asked the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to halt the marriages while he appeals.

The appellate court on Monday gave the state and ACLU until 5 p.m. Wednesday to file briefs on whether the court has jurisdiction in the case.

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