--- description: Colorado county clerks were free to issue same-sex marriage licenses on Tuesday, shortly after Colorado's Supreme Court lifted an injunction against the practice. title: Colorado Allows Clerks to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt351c401b466c5339/69875f29524fc00f82de9a9b/451988086.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LGBT](/tag/lgbt/) ## LGBT Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Colorado Allows Clerks to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 7, 2014 5:32 PM CUT  Jason Woodrich (L) and Ben Hauth share a kiss after signing their marriage license at the Denver County clerk's office where they began issuing same sex marriage licenses July 10, 2014. Jason Woodrich (L) and Ben Hauth share a kiss after signing their marriage license at the Denver County clerk's office where they began issuing same sex marriage licenses July 10, 2014.John Leyba—Denver Post / Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 7, 2014 5:32 PM CUT Colorado county clerks were free to issue same-sex marriage licenses on Tuesday shortly after Colorado’s Supreme Court lifted an injunction against the practice. The Denver _Post_ [reports](http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci%5F26679238/colorado-supreme-court-clears-county-clerks-issue-same "undefined") that three clerks challenged a state-wide ban on gay marriage in June, issuing roughly 350 same-sex marriage licenses despite cease and desist orders from the state’s Attorney General. A Colorado court placed an injunction against the clerks until their case had received a final ruling in the courts. That final decision came Monday, when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear all appeals on same-sex marriage cases, deferring to a lower court’s decision that Colorado’s clerks could rightfully defy the ban. The removal of the injunction on Tuesday was the last legal hurdle for the clerks, several of whom jumped ahead of the decision and issued licenses as early as Monday afternoon. \[[_Denver Post_](http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci%5F26679238/colorado-supreme-court-clears-county-clerks-issue-same?source=infinite "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3478612/colorado-same-sex-marriage/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3478612/colorado-same-sex-marriage/"},"headline":"Colorado Allows Clerks to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses","datePublished":"2014-10-07T17:32:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:38:08.904Z","description":"County clerks who defied a state-wide ban cleared the last legal hurdle to issuing licenses","url":"https://time.com/3478612/colorado-same-sex-marriage/","keywords":["LGBT","Gay Rights","Gay Marriage","same sex marriage","justice"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt351c401b466c5339/69875f29524fc00f82de9a9b/451988086.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt351c401b466c5339/69875f29524fc00f82de9a9b/451988086.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Same sex marriage licenses issued","caption":"Same sex marriage licenses issued","creditText":"John Leyba—Denver Post / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/lgbt/","name":"LGBT"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3478612/colorado-same-sex-marriage/","name":"Colorado Allows Clerks to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses"}}]}] ```