ARKANSAS: Couples Line Up For Marriage Licenses Ahead Of Possible Stay Order

The Arkansas Times reports that Pulaski County will issue same-sex marriage licenses this morning. So, presumably, will Carroll County, home to Eureka Springs, which issued 15 licenses on Saturday before closing with many couples still in line. But those might be the only places:

Most counties in Arkansas will not be issuing licenses, relying on legal guidance that — if the counties were not defendants in the case (only six were) — and absent a direct order to cease discriminatory practices, the state ban remains in place in those counties. At least one county that IS a defendant — Lonoke — apparently has announced it will not issue licenses. Several counties hoped to raise an objection about lack of proper software as a delaying tactic in hopes a court will stay the order. But even the county attorney in Republican Benton County, while claiming exemption for that county because it isn't a defendant, said claiming lack of software was a poor excuse.

Pulaski County is home to the state capital of Little Rock. Arkansas readers: please send us your photos.

UPDATE: Twitter peeps report that Washington County will also be issuing licenses today.