Judge Grants Motion To Allow Same-Sex Marriage in SC

Charleston, S.C. (WOLO)– A Major development in the fight over same-sex marriage in South Carolina Wednesday morning. In an order passed down from U.S. District Judge Richard Mark Gergel, a motion to allow same-sex couples to marry in South Carolina was granted. The order issues a permanent injunction, prohibiting SC state Attorney Alan Wilson from enforcing any state law that seeks to prohibit same sex marriage or interfere in any way with gay couples’,” fundamental right to marry.” A spokesperson for the attorney general’s office says they are currently reviewing the ruling.