Gay marriage in... Utah? Update: on hold for now

[Zappykins]

I heard some cheering today and had no idea what it was about. Yes, I thought Utah would be one of the last to approve. (Like how Mississippi just outlawed slavery in this year 2013 150 years later than most.) It's the home base of the Mormons who have been most active and spent hundreds of millions of dollars for the past 20+ years trying to ban same sex marriage.

Same Sex Marriages are already happening in Utah- although the governor it trying to stop them. As of 5:00pm when they closed the line there were another 75 couples waiting to get married. Those marriages will be recognized Federally (unless the state manages to mess them up) and every one makes it even more tough to overturn and take away those civil rights.

And for the record - same sex marriage is already the law of the land in the USA. With the Prop 8 and DOMA rulings marriages are recognized Federally. So if you get married in one state, another state legally has to recognize it, both for the recent ruling and because of Article IV, Section 1 the "full faith and credit clause" of the US Constitution.

It will just be a matter of time (and doesn't seem long now) till all the states with bans will have them thrown out. There are lawsuits against virtually every state with a ban - because it's citizens have travel to a state where it's legal and it violates the constitution not to recognize and official document from another state. (I.e. a girl can get married in a state say at 17 - then move to a state where you have to be 18 (theoretically illegal) yet they will recognize her marriage.)  It's kind of embarrassing that the USA is behind Argentina, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay, and many more.

For the record, I believe a same sex couple should have the same rights, privileges and responsibilities of an opposite sex couple. I've know a number of gay and lesbian couples to get married and it's a beautiful happy thing.