Which culturally Southern state will be the first to legalize gay marriage?

[Skill and Chance]

It now looks like gay marriage in the South will be done entirely by court cases.  And it's a tie between Oklahoma and Virginia for the first state to do so.

[SteveRogers]

It now looks like gay marriage in the South will be done entirely by court cases.  And it's a tie between Oklahoma and Virginia for the first state to do so.

Looks like the tenth circuit lifted it's stay first, so Oklahoma wins. Did anyone bet on Oklahoma?

http://kfor.com/2014/10/06/supreme-court-rejects-gay-marriage-appeals-from-oklahoma-and-4-other-states/

Supposedly the 4th Circuit's mandate was to go into effect at 1pm ET, so gay marriage should now be legal in Virginia.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Supreme-Court-Denies-Gay-Marriage-Appeals-278229311.html
 

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

It now looks like gay marriage in the South will be done entirely by court cases.  And it's a tie between Oklahoma and Virginia for the first state to do so.

What about Arkansas? I think some happened there?

And Virginia will bring the Carolinas into the group. SSM is in the Deep South!

[pbrower2a]

Virginia is no longer "southern", culturally or politically. We can almost describe it as "South Maryland".

Oklahoma is borderline.

Florida is questionable as a Southern state. 

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

So the answer is West Virginia/North Carolina?

[7,052,770]

It looks like the answer is going to be a Texas/Louisiana/Mississippi tie, if we're only counting the Deep South.