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County clerk ready to issue licenses if gay-marriage ban lifted

By Joshua Fechter and Elizabeth Zavala

December 3, 2014 Updated: December 4, 2014 11:39am
In this file photo from December 2012, County Clerk Gerry Rickhoff performs the marriage ceremony of Andrew and Ana Villalobos. Rickhoff's defeat of longtime County Clerk Bob Green in 1994 signaled the end of the "good ol' boy" system at the courthouse, for many. Photo: Helen L. Montoya, San Antonio Express-News / ©SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
Photo: Helen L. Montoya, San Antonio Express-News

In this file photo from December 2012, County Clerk Gerry Rickhoff performs the marriage ceremony of Andrew and Ana Villalobos. Rickhoff's defeat of longtime County Clerk Bob Green in 1994 signaled the end of the "good ol' boy" system at the courthouse, for many.

Calling the state’s ban on gay marriage a “civil rights violation,” Bexar County Clerk Gerard “Gerry” Rickhoff said he will keep his office open around the clock if a San Antonio federal judge lifts a stay preventing same-sex couples from marrying.

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