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Texas Couple Gets Marriage License After Suing for Foot-Dragging

Laurel Brubaker Calkins
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Joe Stapleton, center, and Neill Wilkerson, right, exchange words during at the courthouse in Granbury, Texas, on Thursday, July 2, 2015, amid dueling same-sex marriage rallies.

Joe Stapleton, center, and Neill Wilkerson, right, exchange words during at the courthouse in Granbury, Texas, on Thursday, July 2, 2015, amid dueling same-sex marriage rallies.

 Photographer: Joyce Marshall/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS via Getty Images

– A gay couple that sued a rural Texas county clerk over a delay in the issuing of a marriage license received the certificate just hours after filing the complaint.

Jim Cato and Joe Stapleton say they won’t drop their lawsuit though until the clerk’s office agrees to issue marriage licenses to “all couples, gay and straight, without delay.” They also want their legal fees paid by the county.