Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court halted Utah's same-sex weddings while the state presses an appeal, reducing the number of states with gay marriage to 17 and slowing the drive toward nationwide rights.
The two-sentence order, which came without published dissent, puts on hold a federal trial judge's ruling that the U.S. Constitution guarantees marriage rights to same-sex couples.
The trial judge's first-of-its-kind decision brought the issue of gay marriage back to the Supreme Court less than a year after the justices dodged the question in a pair of cases.
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