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ately be given marriage licenses, Jose Fernando Gutierrez and Matthew Schreck married outside the county clerk's office in Milwaukee in what was possibly the first gay marriage in the state.
• Andrew Warner, a minister at Plymouth Church in Milwaukee, married longtime partner Jay Edmundson, then performed a wedding for two members of his church, Christopher Martell and Mark Williams. Gutierrez and Schreck, who attend the same church, served as witnesses.
• "I always felt like we were second-class citizens in not being able to get married," said Warner. "And now I feel good about my state in a way I haven't before."
• Crabb's ruling declaring the 2006 law unconstitutional also asked the couples who sued to describe exactly what they wanted her to block in the law, then gave Van Hollen's office a chance to respond. She said she would later decide whether to put her underlying decision on hold while it is appealed.
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SD commission loosens some archery restrictions
NORA HERTEL, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's hunting oversight board has passed changes that will loosen some archery restrictions and allow for the use of new technology.
• The Game, Fish and Parks Commission took public testimony on the changes, which were developed with input from South Dakota Bowhunters, Inc. and the South Dakota Archery Association. The commission met Thursday and Friday in Yankton.
• Dana Rogers, an outdoor writer and bow hunter, supported many of the changes. The rules respond to technology upgrades and will help draw new archers to the sport, he said.
• The changes drew detailed comments from bow hunters, including critics who dislike incorporating new technologies in bow hunting.
• Barbed points on arrows are now allowed, which critic Ronald Kolbeck said could negatively impact public perception of bow hunting because deer or elk could more likely be seen with an arrow stuck in their flesh.
• Rules for mechanical broadheads, the tips on arrows that open upon impact, have also been changed.
• "They fly better, they're more accurate," Rogers said about mechanical broadheads. "They do require a larger transfer of energy."
• When hunting elk, mechanical broadheads will have to be used with 50 pounds of pull-- or draw weight -- in the bow. Forty pounds is required in bows for hunting other big game with mechanical broadheads.
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