I’ve blogged before on the topic of same-sex marriage. Federal Judges in many states have ruled that the state bans on same-sex marriage violate the federal constitution. In many of those states, the cases are on appeal. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear appeals from the Fourth, Seventh, and Tenth Circuit U.S. Courts of Appeals decisions which had struck bans against same-sex marriage in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Thus, those states are added to the list of states … [Read more...] about Tipping Point for Same-Sex Marriage: Majority Now Live Where Same-Sex Marriage Allowed
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Same-Sex Marriage: Utah is (Temporarily) 18th
On Christmas day, I blogged about New Mexico becoming the 17th state to recognize same-sex marriage. Oddly, very conservative Utah became the 18th state to do so when a federal judge ruled on December 20th that a Utah constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage violated the U.S. constitution. The state did not originally seek a stay of the order pending appeal, allowing same-sex marriages to commence in Utah immediately upon the handdown of the order. When the state did ask for a stay, … [Read more...] about Same-Sex Marriage: Utah is (Temporarily) 18th
