Many are expecting a ruling today
from the Supreme Court. Here are several options before the court.
The Supreme Court is set to
release decisions in two cases about same-sex marriage. While hearings in March
on California's ban on gay marriage were murky, hearings on the Defense of
Marriage Act were more clear, as the justices seemed ready to strike down a
central part of the act that bans federal benefits to gay spouses.
The court will decide whether
Proposition 8, a California voter initiative that defined marriage as a union
between a man and a woman, violates the federal Constitution.
The court will also decide
whether a part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 that defines
marriage to be "only a legal union between one man and one woman as
husband and wife" in determining federal benefits violates the
Constitution's equal protection clause.
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