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Justices’ Halt to Gay Marriage Leaves Utah Couples in Limbo

posted on January 7, 2014

Jack Healy and Adam Liptak of The New York Times report, “In a move that cast doubt over the marriages of roughly 1,000 same-sex couples in Utah, the United States Supreme Court on Monday blocked further same-sex marriages there while state officials appeal a decision allowing such unions. The development created what Utah’s attorney general called “legal limbo” for the same-sex couples who had wed in the state in recent weeks. With the state’s ban on such unions reinstated for now, many wondered whether their window to marry in Utah had closed forever.”

Read at The New York Times