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FORMALLY LIFTED INDIANA'S
BAN ON SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE TODAY.
THE NEW DEVELOPMENT
PAVES THE WAY FOR GAY
COUPLES ACROSS THE
STATE TO LEGALLY WED.
W-L-K-Y'S TIM ELLIOTT JOINS
US NOW LIVE FROM THE
CLARK COUNTY
COURTHOUSE.
TIM, HAVE YOU SEEN MANY
COUPLES GETTING THEIR
MARRIAGE LICENSE THERE
TODAY?
ACTUALLY NO, WE HAVEN'T,
LEXY.
WHEN THAT NEWS CAME
DOWN YESTERDAY
REGARDING THE SUPREME
COURT, JUST ONE SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE LICENSE WAS
ISSUED HERE IN CLARK
COUNTY.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THE
FEELING IS THAT NOW,
COUPLES CAN TAKE THEIR
TIME.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO RUSH
DOWN TO THE COURTHOUSE
TO GET MARRIED.
BACK IN JUNE, A FEDERAL
JUDGE STRUCK DOWN
INDIANA'S BAN ON SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE CALLING IT
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
AFTER HEARING THE NEWS,
MANY GAY COUPLES RUSHED
TO GET MARRIED.
MANY HURRIED THEIR
WEDDING ALONG FOR FEAR
THAT GAY MARRIAGE
WOULDN'T BE LEGAL FOR
LONG.
SURE ENOUGH, 2 DAYS
LATER, A STAY WAS ISSUED
ON THE BAN, MEANING
MARRIAGE LICENSES WOULD
NO LONGER BE ISSUED.
ONE WOMAN WHO GOT
MARRIED BACK IN JUNE IS
PASTOR TRACY PATTON.
SHE SAYS THE ISSUE OF GAY
MARRIAGE HAS GONE BACK
AND FORTH LONG ENOUGH.
NOW SHE FEELS WITH THE
SUPREME COURT ON HER
SIDE, THE DEBATE IS OVER IN
INDIANA AND SHE CAN MOVE
ON WITH HER LIFE.
Tracy Patton/Pastor, New
Beginnings
Church: Yeah it's a roller
coaster of
emotions. You get excited then
you get
angry at times because I don't
think
people realize how it feels to
be
discriminated against by your
own state,
a state that I love that I have
lived in my
entire life.
BACK IN JUNE, A FEW DOZEN
SAME SEX MARRIAGE
LICENSES WERE ISSUED IN
JUST 2 DAYS.
AS I SAID EARLIER, JUST ONE
ISSUED IN CLARK COUNTY
AND THAT WAS YESTERDAY.
PASTOR PATTON FEELS
MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING
SO THEY CAN PLAN THAT
PERFECT WEDDING THAT
THEY'VE ALWAYS DREAMED
OF.
THEY NOW HAVE TIME ON
THEIR SIDE.
REPORTING IN CLARK
COUNTY TIM ELLIOTT WLKY
NEWS.
THE SUPREME COURT'S
DECISION DOES NOT
DIRECTLY AFFECT
KENTUCKY.
THAT IS BECAUSE THE SIXTH
U-S CIRCUIT COURT OF
APPEALS HAS YET TO RULE
ON THE STATE'S CASE.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR IS
WAITING FOR THE RULING
BEFORE DECIDING WHAT TO