Utah Gay Marriage Halted by Supreme Court Pending Appeal
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The U.S. Supreme Court halted Utah’s same-sex weddings while the state presses an appeal, reducing the number of states with gay marriage to 17 and slowing the drive toward nationwide rights.
The two-sentence order, which came without either explanation or published dissent, puts on hold a federal trial judge’s ruling that the U.S. Constitution guarantees marriage rights to same-sex couples. Hundreds of gay couples have married in Utah since the federal judge ruled Dec. 20 that the state’s ban violated the Constitution.