Most Missouri county clerks refuse to issue same-sex ‘marriage’ licenses despite court order
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A Missouri judge has ruled a state law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples unconstitutional, but most county clerks are refusing to fall in line. In a ruling Wednesday, Judge Rex Burlison ordered Missouri to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, saying that to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman is a violation of homosexuals’ constitutional rights. "Any same-sex couple that satisfies all the requirements for marriage under Missouri law, other than being of different sexes, is legally entitled to a marriage license," wrote Burlison, a St. Louis circuit judge. But state Attorney General Chris Koster , who is appealing the ruling, said the decision only applies to the city of St. Louis, and most county clerks are following his lead. Officials in Adair, Boone, Buchanan, Cape Girardeau , Clay, Cole, Greene, Jackson, Johnson, Marion, Miller, Osage, Jasper and St. Charles counties are all refusing to issue licenses to same-se...