Marriage Equality Comes To Wyoming

Wyoming's attorney general filed notice on Tuesday morning that he will not appeal last week's decision that the state cannot bar same-sex couples from marrying. Wyoming becomes the 32nd state, plus Washington, D.C., with marriage equality.

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Chris Geidner
by Chris Geidner

BuzzFeed News Reporter

As Wyoming Attorney General Peter Michael announced on Monday, the state filed its notice on Tuesday morning a little before 10 a.m. MT that it would not be appealing last week's ruling that same-sex couples could not be barred from marriage:

The filing followed statements from Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead last week, both before and after U.S. District Court Judge Scott Skvdahl issued his ruling, that the state would not appeal a ruling against the state's ban.

After the state's filing, minutes later, Skavdahl issued an order ending his temporary stay of Friday's decision, formally bringing marriage equality to Wyoming:

Then, couples began applying:

Matthew @mistabaka

Processing. #MarriageEquality in Wyoming

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And the marriage licenses began being issued:

Dan Cepeda @dancepeda

@dancepeda: Gay couple with first marriage license in Natrona County #Wyoming talk to media. #gaymarriage

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