Utah Not Recognizing the Marriages

1/8/14

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/08/utah-governor-says-state-will-not-recognize-gay-marriages-amid-court-battle/

In the middle of all the battles in the courts concerning same sex marriage in our state of Utah, Governor Gary Herbert says the state will not recognize any of the couples that were married after Dec. 20. There has recently been a stay passed so for now gay marriage is on hold. More than 1300 couples were married after Judge Shelby ruled Utah's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional. The state agencies that would normally give services to normal married couples are barred from giving any help to the couples that were legally married after the ruling. Gay rights activists are furious with the Utah government and some say that the governor is discriminatory for not giving them basic rights and protections. One example of something that gay couples cannot do is get their names changed on their driver licenses because the state won't recognize the marriage as legal.

I am very down the middle with this issue. I see what the problems the gay rights groups have with this. They feel cheated because they were allowed to legally be married and now the state won't recognize this. Back where they were before. I kinda think that its unfair for them, but at the same time the state got a stay on the ruling and are going into the appeals process. So if no one else can get married then maybe wait to let the ones that did get married to see if their marriages really will end up being valid. The whole process has been very sticky and confusing.