Supreme Court delays action on same-sex marriage

In an orders list released today, the U.S. Supreme Court selected 11 cases to hear this term, same-sex marriage not being one of them. This rings of disappointment to many Americans, as one decision could be enough to affect same-sex marriage in all 50 states.

There are currently five same-sex marriage cases awaiting their day in court, each from Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana and Wisconsin. All of these cases involved an overturn of the state’s same-sex marriage ban.

The previous same-sex ruling from Supreme Court ended with the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which had widespread consequences providing equality for millions of gay Americans.