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Same-sex Couples Shatter Marriage Records In Utah
Salt Lake Tribune | By By Marissa Lang
Posted: 12/28/2013 8:38 am EST
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) -- In the week since a federal judge overturned Utahs ban on same-sex marriage, the number of weddings in the state has skyrocketed, shattering records and accruing thousands of dollars for Utahs 29 counties.
As of close of business Thursday (Dec. 26), more than 1,225 marriage licenses had been issued in Utah since last Friday (Dec. 20). Of those, at least 74 percent, or 905 licenses, were issued to gay and lesbian couples.
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With an average marriage license costing $40, counties in Utah made a grand total of more than $49,000 in the three-and-a-half days most county clerks offices were open this week.
About three-quarters of that money came from gay and lesbian couples seeking marriage licenses in the immediate aftermath of U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelbys ruling that overturned a statewide ban on same-sex marriages.
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TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)California tried and failed to undo it.
sibelian
(7,804 posts)U KEEP SMACKIN DA STRAIGHTS, QUEER BROS
Or something.