I’m guessing not if they have anything to say about it, but a federal judge just ruled that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage violates due process and equal protection without a rational basis. It’s a district-level ruling and yes, it can be appealed, but if this ruling stands it could finally be our generation’s Loving v. Virginia.
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back when we talked about which state is going to be the 50th, several people were suggesting Utah, but I didn’t want to put Utah (my mother’s home state) in that last spot.
Excellent, congrats to Utah.
I am going to go with West Virginia now as being the 50th state.
and isn’t going to consider the request for a stay until early next week. In the mean time, couples are marrying in Salt Lake City and in Davis County (at least). So even if a stay is eventually put in place (which I doubt), then we’ve at least had time to create a CA-like situation where there are now two classes of married people in the state (those who can divorce and re-marry, and those who can only divorce but not remarry) as well as two classes of LGB people. These nonsensical differences can only help us going forward, so it’s win-win for us no matter what happens with the stay request.
The major court docs for this case (Kitchen v. Herbert) and other s-s marriage cases can be found on the Facebook page Prop 8 Trial Trackers. https://www.facebook.com/groups/430247095715/
Crazy news to wake up to. Only thing crazier would be if the Pope started marrying gays in St. Peter’s Square. Glad to see the Mayor on board, and I know a few former Mormon LGBTQ who will be extra excited about this. Congrats all around!