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Arkansas's Same-Sex Newlyweds Facing Entitlement Barriers

Jennifer Rambo (middle) and her wife, Kriston Seaton, (right) posing at a mass wedding reception in Eureka Springs in summer 2014, with their civil rights attorney, Cheryl Maples (left).
Jacqueline Froelich
Jennifer Rambo (middle) and her wife, Kriston Seaton, (right) posing at a mass wedding reception in Eureka Springs in summer 2014, with their civil rights attorney, Cheryl Maples (left).

Last week, a Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge authorized hundreds of Arkansas same-sex marriages, conducted during a week-long window more than a year ago, to be recognized by federal and state agencies. Now a growing number of couples are encountering bureaucratic obstacles.

The mid-south regional social security administration directs any same-sex marriage entitlement inquiries to: www.socialsecurity.gov/same-sexcouples

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.