The state will recognize the same-sex marriage of two Whiting women, as one faces the end to her fight against ovarian cancer.
Attorney General Greg Zoeller‘s office argued in a similar case that the state‘s gay-marriage ban doesn‘t allow a hardship exception.
A federal appeals court rejected Indiana‘s argument in that case.
Indiana hasn‘t dropped its defense of the marriage law, but Zoeller says in a statement both sides have agreed to let the court order recognizing the marriage remain in effect while the Supreme Court decides the ultimate fate of the law.
Veronica Romero and Mayra Rivera were married in Illinois. The agreement means Indiana has two legally recognized same-sex marriages.
The same Chicago-based appeals court has ruled the overall marriage ban unconstitutional, but has stayed its ruling while awaiting Supreme Court review.
Hundreds of other couples who tied the knot during a three-day window before that stay was issued are still considered unmarried under Indiana law.