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The resources below provide evidence on Utah’s gay marriage fight. A U.S. district court judge ruled last Friday that Utah’s constitution ban on gay marriage violated the Fourteenth Amendment, which makes Utah the latest state to have legal gay marriages. Utah’s state government has vowed to appeal the decision. Utah’s constitutional ban was approved by a significant number of voters in 2004, when gay marriage opponents used state referendums to increase conservative turnout in that year’s presidential election between President George W. Bush and then-Massachusetts Senator John Kerry.
RT @HuffingtonPost Gay Marriage’s Next Frontier Is Far From Simple: SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Advocates on both si… http://t.co/ir7Gtuktgp
— Debra Barsha (@FunkFreak) December 25, 2013
Utah’s battle over gay marriage is a sign of a larger shift http://t.co/gRGbhjjQa9
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 25, 2013
A federal court rejected Utah’s request to stop gay marriages in the state http://t.co/Z9pkkaGEGt
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) December 25, 2013
Halt to Utah gay marriages rejected http://t.co/iYROCtZhtj
— POLITICO (@politico) December 25, 2013
Court strikes down #Utah‘s ban on gay marriage, saying law approved in 2004 referendum violates #US constitution http://t.co/2T9Cu6EPQ1
— AJELive (@AJELive) December 21, 2013
Colorado gay marriage supporters watching Utah case closely: http://t.co/CDPAtTFwbr
— The Denver Post (@denverpost) December 25, 2013
Gay marriage in Utah: Appeals court won’t immediately stop weddings http://t.co/eeKgqTTgCA
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) December 23, 2013
Gay marriage battle in Utah faces long-shot chance of reaching the Supreme Court (for now) http://t.co/70BNCacpIS
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) December 25, 2013
As Utah gay couples celebrate marriages, all eyes on US appeals court http://t.co/ngOof6XBVt
— CSMonitor.com (@csmonitor) December 21, 2013
Gay Couples in Utah, Surprised but Glad, Rush to Marry After Ruling Permits It http://t.co/IEeru203cY
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 22, 2013