Amber Hamilton and Annice Smith were the first same-sex couple to marry in Mississippi -- and nearly the last, at least for now.
Only three same-sex couples were able to wed before the state’s attorney general ordered court clerks to stop issuing them marriage licenses. It was the first of what is expected to be many twists and turns as Mississippi digs in its heels against Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing such unions.
Although the high court declared same-sex marriage a constitutional right in all 50 states, Mississippi Atty.