Kitchen decision already heading for U. S. Supreme Court

This is an update to last week's blog post about the Kitchen decision from a federal district court in Utah.

SCOTUSblog reports:

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, finding that the state of Utah has not made its case for delaying same-sex marriages, refused on Tuesday night to block a federal judge’s order striking down a voter-approved ban on those marriages.  State officials then told news organizations in the state that they would now ask the Supreme Court to issue a delay, with a filing there likely on Thursday.

Justice Sotomayor will be the one to make the initial decision on whether to grant a stay.  Read the full story here.

UPDATE:  Justice Sotomayor granted the stay.