All Utah Counties Now Marrying Same-Sex Couples

Some clerks had been holding out

The last of the Utah counties that were holding out on issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples have reversed course and decided to hand out licenses to all eligible applicants.

Officials for the four holdouts - Box Elder, Utah, Piute and San Juan counties - told The Associated Press they made the decision Thursday to offer licenses to same-sex couples. Utah has 29 counties.

County clerks say they had little choice after an appeals court denied a motion for a stay on a ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby. He ruled Utah's ban unconstitutional. The state is preparing an appeal.