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Utah officials turn to higher court to halt same-sex marriages
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah state lawyers have again turned to a Denver-based federal appeals court in their bid to put a stop to gay couples getting married, saying the state should not be required to abide by one judge’s narrow view of a “new and fundamentally different definition of marriage.”
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Judge denies request for stay in ruling striking down Utah’s gay marriage ban
SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge said Monday he will allow same-sex marriage in Utah to continue, denying a request from the state to halt weddings between gay couples until the appeals process plays out.
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Utah’s same-sex marriage ban back in court as judge considers stay motion
SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge on Monday is set to consider a request from the state of Utah to block same-sex marriages that have been taking place since Friday when the state’s gay marriage ban was overturned.
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Appeals court rejects Utah’s request for emergency stay on marriage ruling
DENVER — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has rejected a request by Utah state officials for an “emergency” stay on Friday’s federal court ruling striking down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Utah same-sex marriage ruling prompts petitions for and against
SALT LAKE CITY — Opponents and supporters of a federal judge’s ruling overturning Utah’s same-sex marriage ban both have launched online petition drives seeking support for their positions.
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Same-sex marriage ruling catches conservative Utah off guard
SALT LAKE CITY — A day after a judge’s surprise ruling overturned Utah’s same-sex marriage ban, at least one county clerk intended to open early Saturday to issue licenses. And 40 minutes north of Salt Lake City, about 300 hundred people showed up at the Weber County Clerk’s Office on Saturday afternoon but were later turned away without marriage licenses.
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Salt Lake County clerk issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
Just hours after a federal judge struck down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban on Friday, a Salt Lake County Clerk issued what may be the first marriage license to a same-sex couple in Utah.
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BREAKING: Federal judge strikes down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban
SALT LAKE CITY – A federal judge struck down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings a nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.
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Federal judge hears arguments on Utah’s same-sex marriage ban
SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge says he’ll do his best to rule by early next year on a legal challenge to a same-sex marriage ban in Utah, after an attorney called for an end to the prohibition by arguing that the precedent has been set by the U.S. Supreme Court and discrimination has gone on long enough.
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Challenge to Utah’s same-sex marriage ban back in court
SALT LAKE CITY — A challenge to Utah’s same-sex marriage ban by three gay couples is scheduled to be back in court Wednesday as a federal court judge hears arguments in a case being closely watched around the U.S.