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Utah clerks issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
Source: Salt Lake City Tribune
Same-sex marriages in Utah began again Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear appeals from five states trying to revive their same-sex marriage bans, effectively legalizing gay and lesbian union in eleven new states.
A mandate from the 10th Circuit issued about 10:10 a.m. Monday lifted a hold the court had put in place on any movement toward the legalization of gay and lesbian unions as a way to allow Utah time to appeal its case an attempt to reinstate a voter-approved ban on such marriages.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said marriage licenses would be immediately issued to same-sex couples.
"Not to issue one would be a violation of the 10th Circuits mandate and a violation of these couples constitutional rights," Gill told The Salt Lake Tribune. "Weve given the go-ahead to begin issuing [marriage] licenses right away."
A mandate from the 10th Circuit issued about 10:10 a.m. Monday lifted a hold the court had put in place on any movement toward the legalization of gay and lesbian unions as a way to allow Utah time to appeal its case an attempt to reinstate a voter-approved ban on such marriages.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said marriage licenses would be immediately issued to same-sex couples.
"Not to issue one would be a violation of the 10th Circuits mandate and a violation of these couples constitutional rights," Gill told The Salt Lake Tribune. "Weve given the go-ahead to begin issuing [marriage] licenses right away."
Read more: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58492286-78/utah-court-marriage-sex.html.csp
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Utah clerks issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples (Original Post)
brooklynite
Oct 2014
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marym625
(17,997 posts)1. YAY!!
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)2. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t
SpankMe
(2,966 posts)3. Haw, haw, hahahaha! LOL...LOL...fucking LOL!!!!! n't
Cha
(297,655 posts)6. Hey.. that was kind of my reaction! Rofl
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)4. YES!
Suck on that decision...Mormon Cult.
This just wonderful, especially after the Cult tried to slink around in the background of CA Prop. 8 (or Prop. Hate)
Delicious!
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)5. It is ironic that it comes 10 years to the day of the Utah ban
and 6 years to the day of the California ban (in which much of the money in support of it came from Mormons). That must be a bitter pill to swallow.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)7. Fuck you, anti-family lobbyists.
I hope there are weddings on the sidewalk in front of the biggest fucking SLC tabernacle there is.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,870 posts)8. Wow. That's huge for Utah
I never thought they would beat Missouri where I live now.
Now, if they will only let people buy alcohol in a store.