The ability of loving Southern Minnesota same-sex couples to obtain marriage licences close to home hasn't received as much fanfare as that for couples in Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington Counties.
Update: KARE-11 reports that Pipestone County has accepted applications since Monday. One couple asked for a license immediately. [end update]
The Mankato Free Press Reports in Same-sex couples can obtain marriage license forms locally:
Same-sex couples planning August weddings in southern Minnesota can fill out their license applications in Blue Earth and Nicollet counties starting Thursday.
Both counties' form revisions have lines to be filled out by Applicant 1 and Applicant 2 instead of the bride and the groom, and there's no reference to gender. . . .
Read the details at the Mankato Free Press. It does sound like licenses will be available at other Southern Minnesota counties sometime before August 1 (when the marriages will become legal). Near the end of the article, staff writer Edie Schmierbach reports:
County recorders offices in Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Sibley, Waseca and Watonwan counties have not yet revised their forms. Most are waiting until after an annual meeting next week in Brainerd, where recorders will gather to discuss many vital-statistics topics, including changes on the marriage license forms.
A happy day in Minnesota.
Photo: Bluestem is saving our pennies for the case of Xanax for Gay Summer Weddings that we'll need.
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