Same-sex marriages will continue to be allowed in Wisconsin — at least for now — after a federal judge denied an emergency request from the state to keep its ban on such unions in place.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb refused on Monday to stay her ruling from last week striking down the Badger State’s voter-approved amendment limiting marriage rights to heterosexual couples. That ruling made Wisconsin the 20th state, in addition to the District of Columbia, where gay and lesbian couples can legally wed.
Crabb’s decision was unusual in that she did not immediately stay the effects of her ruling — as many judges have — which would have kept the ban in place for the duration of the appeals process. At the same time, she did not order the state to stop enforcing the ban, leaving many clerks confused about whether it was still in place or not.









