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September 2014 – Utah’s law supporting traditional marriage was struck down in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado. The ruling affects six states including Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. 

In a 2-1 decision, the court said, “A state may not deny the issuance of a marriage license to two persons, or refuse to recognize their marriage, based solely upon the sex of the persons in the marriage union.”

The state attorney general is filing an appeal that will eventually work its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In a separate case, U.S. district judge Richard Young in Indianapolis, Indiana, ruled Indiana’s ban on gay marriage violated the Constitution’s due process and equal protection clauses. He ordered officials to begin issuing marriage licenses. Indiana attorney general Greg Zoeller has promised to appeal the ruling, and he asked the judge to stay the ruling and halt gay marriage, pending the appeal.

dailymail.co.uk, 6/25/14