Utah's US House members all vote in favor of codifying same-sex marriage in the United States

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Derek Kitchen holds up the Marriage recognition Policy during a news conference discussing efforts to codify same-sex marriage in Utah law, at the Capitol, on Tuesday, June 7, 2022.
54% : In October 2014, the Supreme Court ultimately ended the stay, allowing same-sex marriages in Utah.
50% : A month later, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay on the district court's ruling, meaning new same-sex marriage licenses couldn't be issued in the state until the appeals process worked through federal courts.
49% : All four of Utah's congressional representatives voted in favor of codifying same-sex marriage in the United States.
47% : The next year, in the case Obergefel v. Hodges, the court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry in all states.
46% : Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his concurring opinion that the court should reconsider other landmark rulings, like those that allow for the rights to contraception and same-sex marriages.
41% : The Beehive State first allowed same-sex marriage in December 2013 when Utah's federal district court ruled the state's ban was unconstitutional and was to be ended immediately.

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