D. Bruce Hanes is an American elected official, serving as the Register of Wills in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Hanes was elected to his current office in 2007 and was re-elected in 2011, 2015, and 2019.

Issuance of Same-sex Marriage Licenses

On July 23, 2013, Hanes announced that his office would issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. On September 12, 2013, Judge

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issued an order to cease the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Pennsylvania. Because of his public support of same-sex marriage, Hanes has been removed from his volunteer position at

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, effective September 17, 2013. In late May 2014, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dropped its case against Hanes, as the law Hanes was accused of having violated was deemed unconstitutional. A federal district court essentially vindicated Hanes's stance that the state law discriminating against same-sex couples was unconstitutional. On May 28, 2014, Montgomery County resumed issuing marriage licences to same-sex couples.

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Issuance of Same-sex Marriage Licenses

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