SCOTUS issues Utah stay (Updated)
NYTimes The Supreme Court on Monday blocked further same-sex marriages in Utah while state officials appeal a decision allowing such unions. The terse order, from the full court, issued a stay “pending...
View ArticleUtah’s rather odd ruling about married couples
On December 20, 2013, Judge Richard Shelby determined that the anti-gay marriage laws of the State of Utah were in violation of the equal protections clause of the United States Constitution. And, as...
View ArticleFeds will recognize Utah marriages
In another twist in the Utah marriage battle, the Federal Government has weighed in on the legality of the nuptials performed in Utah’s marriage window. (NYTimes) The Obama administration on Friday...
View ArticleNYTimes takes on Utah’s no-gay-marriage arguments
The New York Times takes on the arguments (three, so far) presented by the state of Utah as to why their ban on same-sex couples marrying is a legitimate state interest. It’s quite funny. Here’s their...
View ArticleViews about marriage in Utah
They might not be what you think they are. From the Salt Lake Tribune: Residents are now evenly split on whether same-sex couples in Utah should be allowed to get state-issued marriage licences — 48...
View ArticleUtah to allow married tax filings for same-sex couples
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more confusing, the Utah State Tax Commission has announced that same-sex couples who receive Federal recognition as “married” for income tax purposes may also...
View ArticleThe Daily Agenda for Thursday, April 10
TODAY’S AGENDA: Tenth Circuit Court to Hear Utah Marriage Case: Denver, CO. Last December, Utah’s same sex couples got an early Christmas Present when Federal District Judge Robert J. Shelby found the...
View ArticleUtah Backs Away from Regnerus Study
A brief filed last month by attorneys representing the State of Utah in its same-sex marriage appeal cited Mark Regnerus’s discredited study purporting to show that children raised by gay “parents”...
View ArticleTenth Circuit Upholds Lower Court Ruling Against Utah’s Marriage Ban
In a 2-1 decision, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the December Federal District Court ruling which found that Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstituional. More significantly, the...
View ArticleUtah To Appeal Marriage Decision Directly To Supreme Court
After a three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling striking down Utah’s marriage equality ban as unconstitutional, the state’s Attorney General’s office had two...
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