Arkansas attorney general Dustin McDaniel said today he supports marriage equality but will continue to defend his state’s ban on same-sex marriage in court, the Associated Press reports.
“I want to tell you I do support marriage equality and I do believe Arkansans should have the right to be equal in the eyes of the law,” McDaniel said in a speech at the AP managing editors convention. After the speech, he explained to an AP reporter, “I’m going to zealously defend our constitution, but at the same time I think it’s important to let people where I stand on the matter.”
Arkansas voters passed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in 2004. That amendment is currently being challenged in a state court, and a ruling is expected by Friday.
McDaniel’s comments make him the first statewide official in Arkansas to back marriage equality.
(via Advocate.com)
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