MILWAUKEE (AP) – The number of Wisconsin counties issuing licenses to same-sex couples who want to get married is up to 49.
Shawano County Clerk Rosemary Rueckert and Eau Claire County Clerk Janet Loomis said June 10 that their offices are now accepting applications for licenses.
At nearly the same time, an employee in the Sawyer County clerk’s office said the clerk there had decided to wait until there was more definite direction from the state.
County clerks have been struggling to decide what to do after a federal judge declared the state’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional but did not tell the state how to implement her decision. Some clerks have been issuing licenses, while others say they will wait for more definite guidance.
