A Schuylkill County official, who tried to step in and appeal the historic decision issued in May allowing for same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania, has had her lawsuit thrown out of court by the Third Circuit.
In a two-sentence order on procedural grounds, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit gave force to the opinion of U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III of the Middle District of Pennsylvania, who had rejected the clerk’s attempt to intervene in the case after Gov. Tom Corbett decided not to appeal the initial ruling, also issued by Jones.
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