Utah Appealing Gay Marriage Ruling to U.S. Supreme Court

The letters were tied with blue and green ribbons, piled high in a little red wagon and pulled to the Governor’s Mansion by children to whom the words "Amendment 3" mean nothing.

 

Weston Clark and his husband, Brandon Mark, explained what they were doing Wednesday to 4-year-old Xander in simpler terms:

 

"Do you love our family?" the men asked their son, who nodded. "Well, then we have to fight for it."

 

They were among several Utahns who hand-delivered more than 3,800 signed letters to Gov. Gary Herbert and Attorney General Sean Reyes, asking the state to end its push to revive a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages.

 

But, moments after the letters were delivered, the state announced it would do no such thing.

 

Utah will go to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge a federal appeals court’s ruling that upheld same-sex marriage, calling state bans on such unions unconstitutional.