Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear said Tuesday that he will appeal a federal judge's order requiring Kentucky to recognize same-sex marriages that were performed elsewhere.
The allowable definition of marriage "will be and should be ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in order to bring finality and certainty to this matter," Beshear said in a statement. "The people of this country need to know what the rules will be going forward. Kentucky should be a part of this process."
Beshear said he will ask U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II in Louisville for an indefinite "stay," or delay, while Kentucky takes the case to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati....