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The Supreme Court Will Consider Same-Sex Marriage Case This Month

The U.S. Supreme Court will make its position on same-sex marriage a little clearer when it returns from summer vacation this month: The justices have indicated they will consider pending marriage-equality cases from Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Wisconsin and Indiana on September 29, their first conference of the new judicial session.

Officials in those five states are asking the high court to decide whether state bans on same-sex marriage are constitutional.

According to SCOTUSblog:

Seven petitions—three from Virginia, and one each from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wisconsin—will be submitted to the Justices at that session. There is, of course, no certainty that they will act on any or all of them at that point, but the option is there. With all sides agreeing that the time to rule is now, it would be a surprise if the Court opted to bypass the issue altogether in its new Term.

In order of their filing at the Court, these are the cases: Herbert v. Kitchen (Utah), Smith v. Bishop (Oklahoma), Rainey v. Bostic (Virginia), Schaefer v. Bostic (Virginia), McQuigg v. Bostic (Virginia), Bogan v. Baskin (Indiana), and Walker v. Wolf (Wisconsin).

If the Supremes decide to hear any or all of the cases, their's will be the final word on whether same-sex marriage will be the law of the land. Previously, these cases all resulted in a ban being struck down in federal appeals courts.

h/t: The Bilerico Project

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