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The Supreme Court refused Friday to block the United States first state-sanctioned gay marriages from taking place next week.The justices declined without comment to intervene and block clerks from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples in Massachusetts. That state s highest court had ruled in November that the state Constitution allows gay couples to marry, and declared that the process would begin on Monday.The Supreme Court s decision, in an emergency appeal filed Friday by gay marriage opponents, does not address the merits of the claim that the state Supreme Judicial Court overstepped its bounds with the landmark decision.A stay had been sought by a coalition of state lawmakers and conservative activists.A staunch opponent of same-sex marriage, Republican Governor Mitt Romney pointed to an old state law limiting licenses to state residents only, reports CBS News Correspondent Mika Brzezinski. We have to follow the law whether it s one we appreciate or not, he said of the court s decision to allow gay marriage. But officials in other parts of the <a href=https://www.stanley-cup.pl>stanley cups</a> state say they will issue licenses to out-of state-couples in spite of Governor Romney s objections, reports Brzezinski.A federal judge ruled against them on Thursday, and the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that decision on Friday, setting up the Supreme Court appeal. The appe |