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FILE - In this Monday, June 8, 2015 file photo, Attorney Cheryl Maples talks to her clients after a hearing at the Pulaski County Courthouse in Little Rock, Ark. Cheryl Maples, an attorney who successfully challenged Arkansas’ gay marriage ban before the nation’s highest court said same-sex couples could wed, has died at age 69 on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Attorney who challenged Arkansas gay marriage ban dies

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

Spectators watch proceedings in Circuit Judge Chris Piazza's courtroom at the Pulaski County Court House in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, April 17, 2014. Advocates of ending Arkansas' ban on same-sex marriage took their case before Piazza who said at the conclusion of the hearing that he will issue a ruling in about two weeks. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Challenge to Arkansas gay marriage ban heard

By CHUCK BARTELS - Associated Press