U.S. to Recognize Utah Gay Marriages Despite State Stance

[moonshaz]

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Friday said that it would recognize as lawful the marriages of 1,300 same-sex couples in Utah, even though the state government is refusing to do so.

Wading into the fast-moving legal battle over same-sex marriage rights in one of America’s most socially conservative states, the administration posted a

Comments

[free_spoons]

The best part about this is reading the comments with all the conservatives getting butthurt over "STATE'S RIGHTS!!11!!! Since when can the federal government tell the states what to do?!!??!"

[alryssa]

lol ikr

guys we had this 'discussion' a while back

[tabaqui]

HA! Good. Screw you, haters.

[zombieroadtrip]

L M A O

is that guy starving himself dead yet

[nextdrinksonme]

He took the Supreme Court stay as a 'win' and gave up the strike.

Said next time he's going to (gasp) give up football since he promised his fiancé he'd only hunger strike once.

[zombieroadtrip]

what a true hero

[moonshaz]

To the former hunger striker/future football giver-upper: