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Robert shelby ruled that the state's same-sex ban violated the constitution of the united states which is a pretty remarkable ruling. then the tenth circuit court of appeals refused to offer a temporary stay to that ruling three times which meant upon issuance of the decision and for a 17-day period, plenty of scenes like this unfolded in salt lake city. allowing hundreds of utah gay and lesbian couples to get marriage licenses. it also meant the u.s. supreme court had to weigh in and today the highest court in the land stepped in and said, no more. no more marriage licenses will be issued in ...

Of those thousand marriage licenses that are already out there. they remain perfectly valid. >> that is a big -- there are two issues on the table right now, right, matthew? the question of what about those couples? and the question about the law more broadly. i want to play utah attorney general sean reyes talking about what the stay means for those couples. take a listen. >> we don't know the answer yet as to the marriages that have taken place already. there's no precedence, i believe, for this. and this is precisely the uncertainty we were hoping to avoid by requesting a stay immediately u...

Licenses that are already out there. they remain perfectly valid. >> that is a big -- there are two issues on the table right now, right, matthew? the question of what about those couples? and the question about the law more broadly. i want to play utah attorney general sean reyes talking about what the stay means for those couples. take a listen. >> we don't know the answer yet as to the marriages that have taken place already. there's no precedence, i believe, for this. and this is precisely the uncertainty we were hoping to avoid by requesting a stay immediately upon the decision of the dis...

Removing the right did not invalidate the marriages that already happened. i don't see -- i'm not a legal expert. i don't see any reason that the people who are legally married should be unmarried. >> absolutely. >> camilla, it seems to me it would be an incredible assertion of state authority to go -- to reach into the lives of a thousand married couples and tell them they are no longer married. >> absolutely. i think it's very clear that those marriages are valid, and there are, of course, 17 other states in the country and the district of columbia where same-sex couples currently can marry,...

The constitution of the united states which is a pretty remarkable ruling. then the tenth circuit court of appeals refused to offer a temporary stay to that ruling three times which meant upon issuance of the decision and for a 17-day period, plenty of scenes like this unfolded in salt lake city. allowing hundreds of utah gay and lesbian couples to get marriage licenses. it also meant the u.s. supreme court had to weigh in and today the highest court in the land stepped in and said, no more. no more marriage licenses will be issued in the state until the u.s. appellate court system has a chanc...