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Why Utah?
On Dec. 20, 2013, a U.S. District Court judge overturned Utah's 2004 ban on same-sex marriage.
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Kitchen vs. Herbert
Meet the man behind Utah's same-sex marriage lawsuit.
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Meet the couples
Meet the couples suing the state for recognition of same-sex marriage .
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Meet the lawyers
Meet the lawyers fighting for and against same-sex marriage in Utah.
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Videos
A collection of videos documenting how the Supreme Court's gay-marriage decision is impacting Utahns.
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Across the U.S.
See which states ban same-sex marriage and where bans have been overturned.
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Why Utah?
On Dec. 20, 2013, U.S. District Court U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby overturned Utah's ban on same-sex marriage.
With no pending request from the state to stay the ruling, same-sex marriages unexpectedly became legal in Utah and more than 1,000 couples wed in the next 17 days.
The ceremonies stopped on Jan. 6, 2014, when the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Utah Attorney General’s Office’s request for a stay as the state appealed Shelby's ruling to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
On June 25, 2014, a three-member panel of 10th Circuit judges upheld Shelby's decision, becoming the first federal appeals court in the nation to rule on the issue.
The panel said states outlawing same-sex marriage are in violation of the U.S. Constitution, but it issued an immediate stay to its own ruling, anticipating an appeal by Utah.
Utah bypassed another appeal to the full 10th Circuit, heading for the U.S. Supreme Court.
On Monday, the nation's highest court declined to hear the appeal. The 10th Circuit lifted its stay shortly after 10 a.m., and same-sex marriages in Utah began again.
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Kitchen vs. Herbert
Mark Lawrence says the stay is an opportunity "to regroup and get some fundraising done."
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Meet the couples
Plaintiffs challenging Utah's gay marriage ban, from left, Derek Kitchen, his partner Moudi Sbeity, Kate Call, her partner Karen Archer, Laurie Wood and her partner Kody Partridge. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Meet the lawyers
The lawyers Utah tapped to defend a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage are believers in the ethos of "traditional marriage."
Meanwhie, the Utah attorneys fighting for gay marriage are used to winning.
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Videos
Watch a collection of videos documenting how the Supreme Court's gay-marriage decision is impacting Utahns.
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Across the U.S.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear appeals Monday from five states trying to revive their same-sex marriage bans, effectively legalizing gay and lesbian union in 11 new states — including Utah.
