Federal court: No halt to gay marriages in Utah [View all]
Source: Associated Press
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that gay marriages can continue in Utah, denying a request from the state to halt same-sex weddings until the appeals process plays out.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the state's request for an emergency stay on a federal judge's ruling that found Utah's same-sex marriage ban violates gay and lesbian couples' rights.
The judge who made that ruling, U.S. District Judge Richard Shelby, refused the state's first request to put a halt to the marriages Monday.
Utah's last chance to temporarily stop the marriages would be the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Merry Christmas! Glad to see this; the 10th Circuit basically blew a raspberry to Utah.
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