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Judge rules that gay marriage ban in Missouri is unconstitutional
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/judge-rules-that-gay-marriage-ban-in-missouri-is-unconstitutional/article_f9e3bd74-d9bf-5337-ba22-88cd5614e59d.html9 minutes ago • By Doug Moore dmoore@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8125
Denying Missouri's gay couples the opportunity to marry is unconstitutional, a judge ruled Wednesday.
As a result, St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison said in his decision, marriage licenses can be issued throughout Missouri immediately. In St. Louis city, four licenses were within two hours after the ruling.
"The Court finds and declares that any same sex couple that satisfies all the requirements for marriage under Missouri law, other than being of different sexes, is legally entitled to a marriage license," Burlison wrote.