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Conway Asks Judge To Delay Ruling On Same-Sex Marriage Issue

Kentucky's attorney general has asked a federal judge to delay a highly anticipated order by 90 days.

The order  pertains to whether or not the state will be required to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries.

The two-page filing Thursday morning says the delay is sought to give the attorney general time to decide whether to appeal the Feb. 12 ruling and would give the state an opportunity to prepare to implement the order.

The request came as parties in the case were awaiting a final order from U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II overturning part of Kentucky's same-sex marriage ban.

Earlier this month, Heyburn concluded that the ban, which has been in place since 2004, treated "gay and lesbian persons differently in a way that demeans them."

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