Gay marriage Ban Struck Down in Utah.

[publicunofficial]

This is a federal case. Doesn't this mean gay marriage has to be legalized throughout the whole country?

No, this case just deals with the Utah law specifically. But if the SCOTUS takes it, and they likely will, they could rule that ALL bans on gay marriage are unconstitutional.

[publicunofficial]

Does that mean marriages can start being celebrated in Utah right now, or is everything suspended until the SCOTUS ruling?

I think it's like the California case, where the defendants will take it to the SCOTUS. If SCOTUS refuses to hear the case, it's legal in Utah. If SCOTUS does here the case they can either punt to allow in in JUST Utah, overrule it to allow Utah to continue banning it, or finally just legalize it everywhere.

[publicunofficial]

I'm pretty sure Utah's conservatives are messing this up because they don't exactly have a working AG in office right now.

True. Swallow was corrupt, but he was at least competent.