Marriage equaity ruling in Arkansas to be issued by next Friday

According to the Washington Blade, Judge Chris Piazza will issue his ruling on the marriage equality case in Arkansas by next Friday:

In a notice dated May 1 to attorneys in the case, Summer McCoy, a law clerk for the Pulaski County Circuit Court, says Judge Chris Piazza will take an addition week to consider the issue, then make a decision.

“Judge Piazza has asked me to notify you that he would like to take an additional week to consider the case law, briefs of parties, and arguments of counsel,” McCoy writes. “He feels confident that he will have a ruling for the parties no later than Friday, May 9th.”

The clerk doesn’t say whether the judge is inclined to rule one way or another on marriage equality when he makes his decision.