Does anyone know why the judge denied the stay? Is the decision posted somewhere?
I don't know whether the decision is posted, but the gist of it seems to be this:
Granting a stay of the Supreme Judicial Court's ruling "would be to deprive that court of its authority and obligation to consider and resolve, with finality, Massachusetts constitutional issues," Tauro wrote.That court "has the authority to interpret, and reinterpret, if necessary, the term marriage as it appears in the Massachusetts Constitution," Tauro wrote.
A thread on this news story is here: Judge denies bid to stop gay marriages Massachusetts.