Same-sex couples who have applied for a marriage license in South Carolina will have to wait to make things official while the South Carolina Supreme Court continues to review the matter.The South Carolina Supreme Court ordered state probate courts not to issue same-sex marriage licenses until a federal judge decides whether the state constitution's ban on the unions is legal.The justices issued a ruling late Thursday morning, a day after Charleston County Probate Court Judge Irving Condon began accepting applications for the licenses. He based the move on a ruling overturning Virginia's same-sex marriage ban by a court with jurisdiction over South Carolina.The Supreme Court's order disappointed dozens of gay couples in a whirlwind week of legal maneuvers.Attorney General Alan Wilson had asked the justices to block the issuance of any licenses.Meanwhile, a case from a couple who were married in Washington, D.C., and want to be recognized in South Carolina and have the ban overturned is before a federal judge.

Same-sex couples who have applied for a marriage license in South Carolina will have to wait to make things official while the South Carolina Supreme Court continues to review the matter.

The South Carolina Supreme Court ordered state probate courts not to issue same-sex marriage licenses until a federal judge decides whether the state constitution's ban on the unions is legal.

The justices issued a ruling late Thursday morning, a day after Charleston County Probate Court Judge Irving Condon began accepting applications for the licenses. He based the move on a ruling overturning Virginia's same-sex marriage ban by a court with jurisdiction over South Carolina.

The Supreme Court's order disappointed dozens of gay couples in a whirlwind week of legal maneuvers.

Attorney General Alan Wilson had asked the justices to block the issuance of any licenses.

Meanwhile, a case from a couple who were married in Washington, D.C., and want to be recognized in South Carolina and have the ban overturned is before a federal judge.