SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The U-S Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in the same-sex marriage case in April and may issue a decision in June.
South Dakota Attorney General Mary Jackley says with so many cases on the same issue, the Supreme Court needs to take up the case.
Jackley last week announced the state would appeal a federal judge’s decision that South Dakota’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.
Governor Daugaard says the state is ready to move forward with the appeal even though the U-S Supreme Court will hear the issue.
Last year South Dakota joined 19 other states in asking the Supreme Court to determine whether the U-S Constitution requires states to recognize same-sex marriages.
(Thanks Tony Mangan, KCCR Pierre)