BRUCE SMITH
Associated Press

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina court has approved a same-sex couple’s application for a marriage license despite the state’s constitutional ban against the practice and the attorney general’s pledge to defend it.

Charleston County Probate Judge Irvin Condon accepted the couple’s application Wednesday morning. South Carolina has a 24-hour waiting period for marriage licenses. Condon says he plans to issue the license to Charleston County Councilwoman Colleen Condon and Nichols Bleckley after that time frame unless the move is overruled by the courts.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal of a ruling allowing same-sex marriage by a federal court with jurisdiction over South Carolina.

Condon says that as a result, his court must accept and issue marriage licenses.

A spokesman says State Attorney General Alan Wilson is reviewing the matter.

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