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Supreme Court allows gay marriage to proceed in South Carolina

Jennifer Rose, (L), a county government employee and Sara Meadows, a teacher, file a marriage license application in Charleston, South Carolina October 9, 2014 , days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down gay marriage bans in other states.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for South Carolina to become the 35th U.S. state where gay marriage is legal, denying a request to block same-same weddings from proceeding.

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