Ruling Expected Today in Challenge to Pennsylvania Same-Sex Marriage Ban

The ACLU is holding a rally on the north side of City Hall today at 5 p.m. in response to today's expected same-sex marriage ruling.

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[UPDATE: 2: 41 p.m.] The ban has been overturned.

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Have now heard from multiple independent, reliable sources that decision in PA marriage equality case will come tomorrow. HT: @dsc250 et al — Adam Bonin (@adambonin) May 20, 2014

Plugged-in local lawyer Adam Bonin — who has worked this election season for Daylin Leach and helped Brian Sims kick Babette Josephs off the ballot — tweeted last night that a ruling is expected today on a challenge in federal courts to Pennsylvania’s same-sex marriage ban.

The ACLU also manually retweeted one of its lawyers, Molly Tack-Hooper, expecting a decision.

Twenty-one plaintiffs sued last July in federal court, the first challenge to Pennsylvania’s same-sex marriage ban since it was passed in 1996.

Join us to rally when the court issues its ruling on the freedom to marry in Pennsylvania! http://t.co/bPMmgaEb2M http://t.co/hVhUhNXULO — ACLU of Pennsylvania (@aclupa) May 2, 2014

The ACLU has planned rallies for across the state tonight to respond to the decision; Philadelphia’s is on the north side of City Hall at 5 p.m.

Follow Philly Mag’s G-Philly blog for continuing coverage of this important day.