Supreme Court Halts Marriage Equality in Utah

Bymobanmarket November 4, 2020

Though more than 900 same sex couples have married in Utah since a lower federal court approved marriage equality in the state last month, the US Supreme Court on Monday put a temporary block on the additional marriages until a federal appelate court hears a challenge.

As the Associated Press reports, the order from the nation’s highest court “grants an emergency appeal by the state following the Dec. 20 ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage violates gay and lesbian couples’ constitutional rights.”

As the New York Times explains:

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Though disappointing, same-sex marriage advocates seemed to look at the move by the court as a hiccup on the road to full national marriage equality.

According to Adam Polaski, writing on the blog for the advocacy group Freedom to Marry, the decision “merely marks a pause in the ruling” by the lower court.

“Hundreds of same-sex couples and their families were able to share in the freedom to marry over the past three weeks in Utah,” he writes, “and while it is disappointing that many other families are being put on hold as the courts system considers the state’s appeal, it is clear that in the end, justice will prevail. The couples who have legally married in Utah are just that—legally married.”

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