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The plaintiffs in Utah’s marriage equality case met the 5pm today deadline set by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and filed their opposition to the emergency marriage stay demand made by Gov. Gary Herbert. The brief cites the Windsor case (of course) and also mentions an article by the Salt Lake Tribune which recounts the over 1200 same-sex marriages that …

Many had expected Utah to rush their emergency stay request to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor first thing this morning. But not so. The attorney general’s office is working to prepare the appeal to the Supreme Court on the 10th Circuit’s denial of a stay. Due to the necessity of coordination with outside counsel the filing of the appeal may …

Via Chris Geidner at Buzzfeed: The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the state of Utah’s request to stop same-sex couples’ marriages during the appeal of the judge’s ruling that started those marriages on Friday.“Having considered the district court’s decision and the parties’ arguments concerning the stay factors, we conclude that a stay is not warranted,” Judges Jerome Holmes and …

And now the state will run to the Tenth Circuit Court for the third time, but this time their appeal will be considered. Meanwhile, hell has frozen over and pigs are FLYING in Utah.

“Today, December 23, Republican Governor Gary Herbert has declared the State of Utah will go before a judge to ‘defend traditional marriage within the borders of Utah.’ I don’t know how he can say that as a Utahan and as a Mormon. Traditional marriage in Utah is non-traditional. How delightfully ironic that today, December 23, Mormons will remember the birthday …

Via Fox News Salt Lake City: According to court documents, “The Defendants-Appellants ask this court to stay the district court’s order pending the district court’s ruling on a motion for stay pending appeal that is currently pending in that court.” According to the documents, the filing for an Emergency Motion for Temporary Stay did not address nor satisfy the factors …

The hearing on Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’s demand for a stay on same-sex marriages will begin at 9AM tomorrow. Case Name:      Kitchen et al v. Herbert et al Case Number:    2:13-cv-00217-RJS NOTICE OF HEARING ON MOTION: re: [94] Defendant’s MOTION to Stay re [90] Order on Motion for Summary Judgment. The court orders the Plaintiffs to file …

I should have blogged about it at the time, but there was a lot of concern a few weeks ago when President Obama appointed Utah’s gay-friendly Gov. Jon Huntsman to be his ambassador to China. It turns out that fears about Huntsman’s successor were well founded. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that discriminating against gay people shouldn’t be illegal, …