What's next for South Dakota?

Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) — The attorney representing six same-sex couples in South Dakota says he plans to challenge a federal judge's order that put legal same-sex marriages on hold after the state's ban was declared unconstitutional.

Minneapolis attorney Josh Newville says that within the next month he will challenge the stay that U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier issued on Monday.

Newville says federal appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court have not "rubber stamped" requests by states in the past to keep stays in place while appeals are pending.

Schreier says she issued the hold because of a substantial public interest in "uniformity and stability of the law."

Newville says he's exploring the "timing and procedural mechanism" for challenging the ruling.

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The Gayly – January 13, 2015 @ 10:20am