The Weber County Clerk Ricky Hatch issued this letter to couples seeking to obtain a marriage license — including hundreds of same-sex couples — informing them that security concerns prevented him from issuing licenses Saturday afternoon. This comes in the wake of a federal court judge who struck down Utah's laws banning gay marriage, causing thousands of couples to descend on various county clerk offices seeking now-legal marriages.
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Letter turning away same-sex couples in Weber County, Utah
The Weber County Clerk Ricky Hatch issued this letter to couples seeking to obtain a marriage license — including hundreds of same-sex couples — informing them that security concerns prevented him from issuing licenses Saturday afternoon. This comes in the wake of a federal court judge who struck down Utah's laws banning gay marriage, causing thousands of couples to descend on various county clerk offices seeking now-legal marriages.
The Weber County Clerk Ricky Hatch issued this letter to couples seeking to obtain a marriage license — including hundreds of same-sex couples — informing them that security concerns prevented him from issuing licenses Saturday afternoon. This comes in the wake of a federal court judge who struck down Utah's laws banning gay marriage, causing thousands of couples to descend on various county clerk offices seeking now-legal marriages.