From the Salt Lake Tribune: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday put same-sex marriages in Utah on hold, granting the state’s request for a stay while it appeals a ruling that laws banning such marriages are unconstitutional.
The court said the stay would be in place until the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver makes a decision on Utah’s appeal.
The state’s stay application was filed with Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who referred it to the whole court, according to the order issued Monday. Sotomayor is assigned to the 10th Circuit Court, which rejected Utah’s request for a stay three times.
U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Shelby also denied the state’s request that he stay his Dec. 20 order overturning Amendment 3 while Utah appealed.The order from the U.S. Supreme Court means clerks in Utah no longer will be allowed to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. It is not immediately clear what the order means for couples who have already married.
Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, who met briefly with reporters Monday, said that this was the "uncertainty" the state hoped to avoid with a stay. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57357406-78/court-utah-state-stay.html.csp
It's obvious that this Obama appointed judge has an agenda by not only ruing against the vast majority of Utah residents but also refusing to stay his ruling until the appeals were heard.
Further, with the majority of the Supreme Court voting to decide bar gay marriage seems to say that is how they will rule on the case. But then, that's what conservatives thought about ObamaCare and the Supremes, it was unconstitutional, but we were proved wrong.
What is sad is that the 900 or so gay people who got married in Utah in the past few weeks, they don't know if they are legally married and that is the fault of the Obama judge with an agenda.
I, for one, think we need to resolve this issue once and for all- is gay marriage a constitutional right or does a state have a right to decide what is marriage and what is not.
No comments:
Post a Comment