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Marriage News Watch: Dec. 29, 2014
Something big’s going to happen in Florida next week, we just don’t know what yet, and the Supreme Court is going to examine multiple marriage cases in early January.
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Salt Lake Tribune names same-sex marriage plaintiffs ‘Utahns of the Year’
“Because of these Utah plaintiffs — who bravely made public their most private lives — the state took an unlikely position among the vanguard in the biggest civil rights movement of the day.”
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Mormon Church walks back statement of support for non-discrimination laws
Less than 24 hours after releasing a statement on their website, the Mormon Church is walking back its support for workplace and housing protections for LGBTQ Utahns.
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Salt Lake City mayor issues ‘Freedom to Marry Day’ proclamation
Mayor Ralph Becker, who officiated some three-dozen wedding ceremonies after Utah gay marriage ban was struck down, described the day as one of his most memorable in public office.
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Utah’s LGBT community celebrates anniversary of landmark marriage ruling
Saturday is the anniversary of a federal’s judge’s landmark ruling striking down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Same-sex couples want Utah to pay attorney fees
SALT LAKE CITY — Four married same-sex couples who sued Utah for not granting them benefits are asking the court to make the state pay nearly $200,000 in attorney fees.
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Utah Supreme Court lifts hold on adoptions by same-sex couples
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court is lifting its hold on adoptions by same-sex couples. The high court halted all such adoptions in May as the state appealed a federal ruling striking down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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SSA offices turning away same-sex couples in new marriage equality states
SALT LAKE CITY — Married, same-sex couples are being turned away at Social Security offices in Utah, and presumably other states where marriage equality became legal this week, despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday that effectively overturned gay marriage bans in Utah and four other states.
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Utah drops appeal in 2nd case ordering it to recognize married, same-sex couples
SALT LAKE CITY — Matthew Barraza and Tony Milner will no longer have to worry about somebody questioning Milner’s relationship to their 5-year-old son during a visit to the doctor, while picking him up from a school event or in the case of an emergency. Milner can finally become Jesse’s legally recognized father now that gay marriage is legal in Utah.
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Utah governor directs state agencies to begin recognizing same-sex marriage
SALT LAKE CITY — Gay couples in Utah celebrated and sought marriage licenses Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for them to marry there and in 30 other states by rejecting an appeal that sought to ban same-sex unions. The denial of the appeal by Utah and four other states left no pending gay marriage cases before the high court.