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A federal judge in North Carolina has struck down the state's gay marriage ban, opening the way for the first same-sex weddings in the state to begin immediately.
U.S. District Court Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr., in Asheville issued a ruling Friday shortly after 5 p.m. declaring the ban approved by state voters in 2012 unconstitutional.
The court issued an order Friday that appears to remove the last legal obstacle keeping gay and lesbian couples from getting married in the conservative state.
The federal appeals court in San Francisco on Tuesday declared gay marriage bans illegal in Idaho and Nevada.
BREAKING: Supreme Court lifts hold on same-sex weddings in Idaho.
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 10, 2014
