Utah officials to appeal marriage equality ruling to Supreme Court

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes (pictured) on Wednesday announced that he would appeal a 10th Circuit Court ruling determining Utah's ban on marriage equality to be unconstitutional to the U.S. Supreme Court. 

The move would allow the appeal process to skip the intermediary step of the full appeals court rehearing the case. If the Supreme Court does decide to take on the case, it will be the first time the issue of marriage equality has reached the bench since justices struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8 last year.