Utah: Same sex marriage ban ruled unconstitutional

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/20/justic...rriage-ruling/

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It was joyful mayhem Friday night in the county clerk's office in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a federal judge struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, saying the law "conflicts with the United States Constitution's guarantees of equal protection and due process under the law."

Utah? Of all places. Now gays can marry and adopt! :)

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In striking down the state law, which voters had approved in 2004, U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Shelby wrote in a 53-page ruling that the state's "current laws deny its gay and lesbian citizens their fundamental right to marry and, in so doing, demean the dignity of these same-sex couples for no rational reason.

ETA: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4482703.html

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