Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Over 40 Businesses file Briefs in Support of Gay Marriage



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by Brig Bagley

5 March 2014

Several businesses, (46 to be exact) have filed briefs asking the 10th District Court of Appeals in Denver to uphold Judge Shelby's ruling striking down Utah's Amendment 3 that bans same-sex marriage. Among these include Starbucks, Facebook, and Levi Strauss. 

These businesses believe that the ban is bad for business because it complicates and hurts its gay employees that need equal protections and benefits. 

The briefs filed by Equality Utah and the Utah Pride Center outline how Amendment 3 tells children of gay parents that their parents aren't really married, one parent is not really their parent, and their family is not a real family. 

If the 10th Circuit Court uphold's Shelby's ruling, it would ensure that civil law neither favors nor disfavors religious viewpoints and that religions can hold whatever sanctions they wish on their own ceremonies. Religions may not, however, prohibit marriages performed by the State or any willing person legally permitted to perform the ceremony. 

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