Just five days before U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III of the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued his ruling overturning the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, the Pennsylvania Bar Association approved a resolution stating it “endorses full marriage equality for all same-sex couples, spouses and their families residing in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”
The timing was coincidental but noteworthy, given that much of the pushback the resolution encountered came from PBA leadership who thought it more prudent to wait until the court made a ruling before taking an official position on what they viewed primarily as a sociopolitical issue, according to PBA Family Law Section Chair Daniel J. Clifford.
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