The California Supreme Court unanimously rejected an attempt to revive the state's ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday, ending a nine-year legal battle over the rights of gays and lesbians to marry the partner of their choice.
The court order came seven weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by sponsors of Proposition 8, the initiative defining marriage as a union of a man and a woman, of a federal judge's ruling declaring the measure unconstitutional
Calif. court gives final OK to same-sex marriage August 14, 2013
From what I can tell the SCOTUS copped out and instead of declaring a constitutional right to marriage, let the lower court do that for CA.
The excuse had to do with the fact that CA government wanted same-sex marriage and that those seeking to ‘reimpose the ban’, not them, didn’t have standing in court.
So that ruling wont directly apply to Utah, the SCOTUS will have to find another excuse to keep gays marrying in Utah, or just refuse to take this care without a reason..
But justice Kennedy isn’t going to rule to stop it.