Via The Hill:

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Utah in an attempt to force the state to recognize the more than 1,000 same-sex marriages performed during a brief window earlier this year.

The complaint filed Tuesday on behalf of four same-sex couples seeks legal recognition of the marriages performed during a 17-day window when gay marriage was allowed in the state — after a district court judge struck down the state’s gay marriage ban but before the Supreme Court stayed the decision pending appeal.

“By retroactively stripping Plaintiffs’ marriages of legal recognition, the State of Utah has put these couples and their families in legal limbo and prevented legally married same-sex couples from accessing critical protections for themselves and their children,” the complaint reads.

A district court judge ruled last month that Utah’s 2004 ban on gay marriage violated the constitution. Thousands of same-sex couples rushed to obtain marriage licenses before the Supreme Court stayed the court decision in order to give time for Utah to appeal the ruling.