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Supreme Court rejects gay marriage appeals ... making it legal in 30 states
Supreme Court rejects gay marriage appeals ... making it legal in 30 states
The Supreme Court will continue avoiding the question of marriage equality. The Court will not hear appeals from five states seeking to keep their marriage bans in place after federal appeals courts struck them down:
The justices on Monday did not comment in rejecting appeals from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.
The court's order immediately ends delays on marriage in those states. Couples in six other states should be able to get married in short order.
The Supreme Court's inaction means a huge immediate step for people in five and probably 11 states, but it continues to delay justice for 20 states where voters, legislatures, and lower courts haven't yet advanced equality. There is still a chance the Court could decide to act in 2015, though, most likely if an appeals court ruled against marriage equality, creating a split with the appeals courts that have already ruled in favor:
Two other appeals courts, in Cincinnati and San Francisco, could issue decisions any time in same-sex marriage cases. Judges in the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit who are weighing pro-gay marriage rulings in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, appeared more likely to rule in favor of state bans than did the 9th Circuit judges in San Francisco who are considering Idaho and Nevada restrictions on marriage.
You don't want to root for any court to say inequality is acceptable, but perversely, it might speed up justice for the whole country. For now, though, we can at least celebrate for couples who can start marrying in the states affected by the Supreme Court's non-action.
The justices on Monday did not comment in rejecting appeals from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.
The court's order immediately ends delays on marriage in those states. Couples in six other states should be able to get married in short order.
The Supreme Court's inaction means a huge immediate step for people in five and probably 11 states, but it continues to delay justice for 20 states where voters, legislatures, and lower courts haven't yet advanced equality. There is still a chance the Court could decide to act in 2015, though, most likely if an appeals court ruled against marriage equality, creating a split with the appeals courts that have already ruled in favor:
Two other appeals courts, in Cincinnati and San Francisco, could issue decisions any time in same-sex marriage cases. Judges in the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit who are weighing pro-gay marriage rulings in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, appeared more likely to rule in favor of state bans than did the 9th Circuit judges in San Francisco who are considering Idaho and Nevada restrictions on marriage.
You don't want to root for any court to say inequality is acceptable, but perversely, it might speed up justice for the whole country. For now, though, we can at least celebrate for couples who can start marrying in the states affected by the Supreme Court's non-action.