SALT LAKE CITY — On the day that the Supreme Court denied a request to revisit a 2015 landmark decision allowing same-sex marriage , some in Utah were taken back to the moment it became reality over a decade ago.

Dec. 20, 2013 was a busy day at the Salt Lake City Courthouse.

“He was like, you need to get down to the courthouse right now," recalled Michael Ferguson of the words to get him and his now-husband, Seth Anderson, moving. "He said, 'Judge Shelby has just opened up a window for you to get legally married. We don’t know if this is going to be 5 minutes or 5 hours or if this is the new status quo. But just hurry.'”

Ferguson and Anderson didn’t have time for a suit and tie.

“When he told us, 'I've been approved to give you a marriage license,' and it was just… I mean, I really

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