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The state of Utah filed their opening arguments in their defense of the state’s same-sex marriage ban, saying it’s all about the children.

In a brief filed with the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, state attorneys defined marriage as “principally a child-centered institution, one focused first and foremost on the welfare of children rather than the emotional interests of adults.”  According to their filing, they claim that redefining marriage in “genderless” terms would likely result in lower reproductive rates and fewer children being raised in the ideal environment provided by biological, opposite-sex parents.

This is the first step in a process that will lead to an April 10th hearing before the Denver-based federal court. Attorneys for three gay and lesbian couples who sued Utah have until Feb. 25 to respond.

The state made similarly ridiculous arguments in court papers filed before the U.S. Supreme Court in early January when it asked the justices to halt gay marriages that were occurring in Utah. The high court approved the request, granting an emergency stay while the 10th Circuit considers the case.

More than 1,000 gay couples, married in Utah before the Supreme Court granted the stay last month, are in a state of legal limbo until this case is resolved.

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Carrie Stone