| Utah
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State Information
Government Website:
http://le.utah.gov/
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Outline of State Law
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| Current Status of Law Concerning Marriage and Date of Passage |
1995 - State Law Passed |
2004 - Constitutional Amendment |
| State Law Prohibits/Voids Same Sex/Same Gender Marriage |
yes |
no |
| State Law Defines Marriage between a Man and a Woman |
no |
yes |
| State Law Denies Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages Solemnized in Other States |
no |
yes |
| State Law States that Same Sex Marriage is not Aligned with State Public Policy |
no |
no |
| State Law Defines "Spouse" as Referring Only to a Person of the Opposite Sex Who is Married as Husband or Wife |
no |
no |
Statutory Provision
Utah Code. Tit. 30, Chap. 1, § 2. Marriages prohibited and void.
The following marriages are prohibited and declared void:
(5) between persons of the same sex.
Constitutional Provision
Utah Const. Art. I, § 29. [Marriage.]
(1) Marriage consists only of the legal union between a man and a woman.
(2) No other domestic union, however denominated, may be recognized as a marriage or given the same or substantially equivalent legal effect.
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U.S. Senators
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Robert Bennett, Republican
http://bennett.senate.gov/
This senator voted for the federal DOMA in 1996 and for the Marriage Protection Amendment in 2004 and 2006.
Orrin Hatch, Republican
http://hatch.senate.gov/
This senator voted for the federal DOMA in 1996 and for the Marriage Protection Amendment in 2004 and 2006.
State Public Policy Organizations Working on Marriage Issues
The Sutherland Institute
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