US ruling comes months after same-sex marriages began in SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states should officially end South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s defense of the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.

Wilson’s office did not immediately respond following the court’s 5-4 ruling Friday, which affected 14 states.

Susie Prueter with the Alliance for Full Acceptance says she’s glad South Carolina was not at the end of the line this time.

The first gay marriage licenses in South Carolina were handed out Nov. 19, following a decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. State government agencies have been recognizing gay marriages since then.

But at the time, Wilson vowed to keep fighting, calling it his duty to defend the state ban approved by voters in 2006.