SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A lawyer representing six South Dakota couples challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage has asked a judge to let her ruling take effect immediately and allow weddings in the state.
U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier declared the ban unconstitutional last month but also put legal same-sex marriages on hold.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later granted a request to consider an appeal from South Dakota and two other states at an expedited pace.
Minneapolis attorney Josh Newville says the couples should not have to wait and filed a motion Tuesday asking Schreier to set aside the delay of her decision.
He argues it doesn't take into consideration other cases in which the Supreme Court allowed states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples while those cases were appealed.