LGBT Group Pokes Fun At Utah Officials’ Moves In Marriage Equality Case

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A little before 9 p.m Thursday — less than a week since U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby found Utah’s ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional — the nation’s largest LGBT rights group poked at the “incompetence” of the state’s acting attorney general in defending the amendment over the past week.

In an unusual show of confidence in the changed political dynamics of marriage equality battles, the Human Rights campaign tweeted a “thank you” from the group’s president, Chad Griffin, to the Twitter account of the Utah Attorney General’s Office.

The current acting attorney general for the state is Brian Tarbet, who took charge of the office after then-Attorney General John Swallow resigned in late November. Earlier this week, Gov. Gary Herbert named a third person, Sean Reyes, as the next attorney general, but Reyes will not take office until January.

“He’s owed our thanks for his general incompetence. With every fumble, bumble and delay, even more gay couples get married,” an HRC staffer, when asked about the tweet, told BuzzFeed Thursday night of Tarbet.