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Utahns react to Supreme Court taking on gay marriage by David Montero The Salt Lake Tribune Published Dec 7, 2012 07:19PM MDT The law may be California’s, but the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday to hear the case of the Golden State’s constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage has deep ties to Utah and, more specifically, the Mormon church. One of the supporters of California’s Proposition 8 was Bill Duncan, director of the Utah-based Marriage Law Foundation. Duncan said he was “pleased” to see the high court not only take up the California case, but also the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which sought to de... Copyright 2012 The Salt Lake Tribune.