Gay marriage Ban Struck Down in Utah.

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I'm laughing so much.

And gay couples are getting married NOW. Either these marriages get invalidated sometime during the process, which I think is unlikely considering these couples are doing nothing unlawful. The court here literally told them they can get married, similar to what happened in California and prop 8 (although I suspect a stay in the ruling will come down relatively soon). Still, having these couples married is very helpful for the pro-SSM side. It's very difficult to have one group of gay couples who were able to and did get married, and then another group of gay couples who were able to get married, but were not able to during their window of opportunity. Same situation as in the prop 8 trial.

[Holmes]

This is a great ruling, of course. But it's just a shame the courts don't have enough guts to overturn unconstitutional "right-to-work" laws too.

Well, "right-to-work" was not the question before the court so it's kind of weird to even bring that issue up, unless you're trying to derail the thread into another conversation entirely.

[Holmes]

Yeah, first gay couple legally married in Utah:



The DA tried his best to stop it. Failed.

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Salt Lake City mayor Becker marrying state senator Dubakis and now-husband.

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Line outside of the Salt Lake county clerk's office for marriage applications.

Salt Lake City mayor Becker marrying state senator Dubakis and now-husband.

Maybe the State Democrats should use this as a campaign poster for 2014 to help them gain (and hold) some seats!

In Utah?

[Holmes]

I hate to ruin the celebration, but won't this ruling almost certainly be overturned?

It goes to the Ninth Circuit and then the post-Windsor Supreme Court, so probably not, really. Even a stay is going to be hard to pull off since it went into effect immediately.

Tenth Circuit.

[Holmes]

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Utah getting closer to becoming to de facto 18th state with same-sex marriage, and not just a temporary one.

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"Liberty without Morality is anarchy"

Wow, that's deep man. Put that on a Hallmark card toute suite.