Petition asks Utah to end ‘assault’ on same-sex couples

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

The message to Utah is simple: Enough is enough.

Same-sex marriage activist group, Utah Unites for Marriage, launched a petition Tuesday calling on Gov. Gary Herbert and Attorney General Sean Reyes to "stop hurting Utah families" and end the state’s "never-ending assault" on same-sex couples.

Organizers said the petition came as a direct response to the state appealing a federal judge’s order that Utah recognize the marriages of more than 1,000 same-sex couples who wed during a brief period in December and January when such unions were legal.

Last month, U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball became the first federal judge ever to order a state to acknowledge and honor all gay and lesbian marriages performed after the state’s ban on same-sex unions was overturned.

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