SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has struck down gay marriage bans in Idaho and Nevada.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco made the ruling Tuesday. It did not decide on a similar case in Hawaii, which legalized gay marriage in December.
State and federal court judges have been striking down bans at a rapid rate since a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year. The 9th Circuit ruling comes a day after the Supreme Court effectively legalized gay marriage in 11 more states, for a total of 30, when it rejected a set of appeals.
The appeals court ruled that gay couples’ equal protection rights were violated by the bans. Judge Stephen Reinhardt said during oral arguments in September that he expects the Supreme Court ultimately will decide whether gay marriage bans are constitutional.
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It’s happening so fast, I can’t even keep track anymore!
Congratulations to my good friends Sue and Traci (featured in the picture) for being part of this lawsuit. I can’t wait to see our Governor whine about this. Also, it would be nice to have someone call him out for the waste of taxpayer dollars he spent to defend this.
Poor Ted Cruz . . . his traditional marriage must be crumbling as we speak.
Does anyone know if the court placed a hold on this one? Seems kind of pointless, seeing as how SCOTUS is now allowing marriages to continue pretty much everywhere else.