U.S. judge strikes down Colorado gay marriage ban

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DENVER -- A federal judge ruled Colorado's ban on same-s-x marriage is unconstitutional but stayed implementation of his ruling until a higher court can weigh in, leaving the fate of couples who have continued to obtain marriage licenses up in the air.

The judge's ruling Wednesday came in the case of six same-s-x couples who sued over the state's Constitutional ban on gay marriage.

"As previously discussed, on the state of the record currently before the court, it is plaintiffs who have shown a likelihood of success on the merits; it is plaintiffs who suffer irreparable harm if Colorado's unconstitutional same-s-x marriage ban is not enjoined; and it is plaintiffs to whom the balance of harm and the public interest favor," Judge Raymond Moore wrote in his order.

A higher federal court earlier last month ruled Utah's similar ban unconstitutional, and several Colorado county clerks began issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples, arguing that ruling applied to Colorado.

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has repeatedly asked federal courts to clarify the situation, saying the piecemeal approach across the state is creating "chaos" over whether the licenses issued to same-s-x couples are legally valid.

Full: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/23/colorado-gay-marriage/13071773/

 

Yay! More. :)

[Spyro 8,438]

Another one bites the dust.  Now, it's going to be a falling domino effect and it would be legal all over within 5-10 years.

Also this is a temporary ban that will expire on August 25th.  :(  Hopefully it's permanent. 

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Another one bites the dust.  Now, it's going to be a falling domino effect and it would be legal all over within 5-10 years.

Also this is a temporary ban that will expire on August 25th.   :(  Hopefully it's permanent. 

Yea, hoping it stays.. :/

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

This is the actually the second time a federal judge has struck it down here. I live in Colorado and a different federal judge struck it down just last week

[somechick 1]

The way things are going, gay marriage will be legal in Texas before it is in Australia. Hope the ban stays overturned in Colorado though.

[Luc 4,776]

Even if it really expires August 25th, it'll be permanently legalized in 2015 for sure. It's indeed a domino effect. Eventually the whole world except a few countries will have gay marriage legalized, just like how there are only a few countries with communism while about 60 years ago 1 in 3 people lived in a communist country.