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Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« on: December 20, 2013, 09:55:35 pm »
After a judge struck down the ban as a violation of the 14th Amendment.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/20/utah-same-sex-marriage-ban/4146907/

And another state gets gay marriage. The judge's opinion was 50+ pages in length. That tells me the judge really wanted to spell it out. This could set the stage for a SCOTUS showdown on the subject. We'll have to wait and see.


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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2013, 10:45:48 pm »
*ba-da bum, bum, bum* Another one bites the dust.

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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2013, 10:53:43 pm »
Okay now, I'll be really REALLY embarrassed and ashamed of my state if we happen to follow too far behind Utah... or god forbid, not at all.

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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2013, 11:14:55 pm »
Wait Utah.

That was one of the LAST states I would think would have gay marriage!
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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2013, 11:19:06 pm »
Wait Utah.

That was one of the LAST states I would think would have gay marriage!

No kidding. I'm pleasantly surprised.
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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2013, 11:30:21 pm »
The New Mexico supreme court also explicitly endorsed same-sex marriage yesterday. We didn't have any state laws banning it, so it was probably one of the easier supreme court cases when it got to that point.

Hopefully Utah doesn't have to ask the Feds for help enforcing this ruling.

EDIT: So yeah, looks like this is a U.S. District court ruling, which means Utah still has a statewide ban. If this case gets overruled anywhere in the federal court system, the ban will go back into effect.
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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2013, 05:28:55 am »
Wait Utah.

That was one of the LAST states I would think would have gay marriage!

Yeah, that took me by surprise too.

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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2013, 04:17:48 pm »
No brakes on this train, baby.

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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2013, 04:52:40 pm »
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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2013, 05:22:03 pm »
There will be a Mormon meltdown.
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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2013, 05:46:11 pm »
There will be a Mormon meltdown.

Well, the Governor is seeking an emergency stay and the decision will almost certainly be appealed, probably all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2013, 07:16:11 pm »
And then....GLORY GLORY!

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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2013, 12:43:17 am »
There will be a Mormon meltdown.

Well, the Governor is seeking an emergency stay and the decision will almost certainly be appealed, probably all the way to the Supreme Court.

As of at least 3 hours ago, the request for an immediate emergency stay was denied.
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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2013, 12:46:14 am »
There will be a Mormon meltdown.

Well, the Governor is seeking an emergency stay and the decision will almost certainly be appealed, probably all the way to the Supreme Court.

As of at least 3 hours ago, the request for an immediate emergency stay was denied.

It's clear that this is federal intervention and the state of Utah really wants to fight this to the bitter end.

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Re: Utah now has Same-sex marriage
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2013, 01:03:04 am »
There will be a Mormon meltdown.

Well, the Governor is seeking an emergency stay and the decision will almost certainly be appealed, probably all the way to the Supreme Court.

As of at least 3 hours ago, the request for an immediate emergency stay was denied.

It's clear that this is federal intervention and the state of Utah really wants to fight this to the bitter end.

Mormon butts, prepare for anal devastation.

Well, the request for a stay was denied not on its merits but on technical grounds. It may yet be granted, of course.
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