var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true};
The U.S. Supreme Court has placed a stay on a federal judge’s ruling last month that found Utah‘s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The state of Utah appealed to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who allowed the entire Supreme Court to decide to place the hold on the ruling. The case itself — whether the judge’s ruling on marriage was correct — will be heard by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a few months.
About one thousand couples reportedly have already married in the state. No more same-sex couples will be allowed to marry until the court rules on the case — assuming it rules the marriages can continue.
It’s unclear if the couples who were already married are still legally married.
Utah is spending a reported $2 million to appeal last month’s ruling.
This is a developing story — stay tuned for more details.
UPDATE I — 11:08 AM ET:
Pete Williams on MSNBC notes that there were no noted dissents by any of the Supreme Court justices.
UPDATE II — 2:40 PM ET:
Williams also reports now that he believes the Supreme Court put the hold on marriages because they may have felt Utah was moving too fast by allowing same-sex couples to wed.
Image: Photo by Seth Anderson, one of Utah’s first same-sex couples to marry, on December 23, via Twitter