Arkansas ban on gay marriage struck down by county judge, with no stay

Piazza said he didn’t want to be among those judges who didn’t protect unpopular minorities, hearkening back to the days of racial segregation and bans on interracial marriage.

“Our freedoms are often acquired slowly, but our country has evolved as a beacon of liberty in what is sometimes a dark world,” he wrote. “It is time to let that beacon of freedom shine brighter on all our brothers and sisters. We will be stronger for it.”

Amen.