Same-sex couples marry; stay sought

Dozens of gay couples, some of whom waited in line overnight, received licenses to marry from county clerks Monday, while lawyers for the state of Arkansas asked its highest court to suspend an order gutting a constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage. Attor- ney General Dustin McDaniel, who recently said he supported gay marriage but would defend the ban, asked the state Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily set aside the ruling.