Kentucky's attorney general has requested that the state be given a 90-day delay in having to start recognizing same-sex marriages legally conducted in other states.
Attorney General Jack Conway is seeking to have U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II delay when his previous ruling goes into effect as the state looks into whether to appeal or not, according to The Courier-Journal.
The delay is also requested because if Conway decides not to appeal, Gov. Steve Beshear supposedly needs time to figure out how the ruling should be put into place.
Conway is evidently contemplating siding with several other state attorney generals who have announced they are not fighting gay marriage rulings. The other attorney generals are Democrats and have said they believe laws against gay marriage are discriminatory. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has said they are not bound to defend laws they find discriminatory.
Heyburn found the state's law was unconstitutional earlier in the month. If the ruling is left to stand, then Kentucky will recognize gay couples who were legally married elsewhere. The state still won't be performing them.
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