Kevin Chrisman and James Gerena were a moment too late for a lifelong pledge. After learning of U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby’s decision to strike down the state’s same-sex marriage ban, the Boise, Idaho, couple took their first opportunity to drive six hours and marry at the Salt Lake County clerk’s office Monday morning. But as they pulled in, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Utah’s motion to stay Shelby’s ruling. The window — for same-sex couples, at least — was now closed. Fifteen minutes after hearing the news, the pair sat dazed in the hallway. Chrisman, 28, proposed to Gerena, 24, a year and a half ago, It’s upsetting," Gerena said. "We go through terrible years of trying to come out of the closet, to make a point that we are not scared anymore. And we get told by someone that thinks that they have the right to say, ‘No, you can’t be happy in your life.’ "
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