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As the United States Supreme Court prepares for work after a three-month recess, the justices will meet September 29 to decide which, if any, of the five cases challenging the legality of same-sex “marriage” bans they will hear during the 2014-2015 session.

The court is considering cases from five states: Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.  All five states have had their marriage protection laws overturned by lower courts claiming that laws limiting marriage to a union between one man and one woman violate the constitutional rights of homosexuals. 

The chaotic legal landscape brought about by the Supreme Court’s 2012 decision striking down a key portion of the federal Defense of Marriage Act – which previously banned the federal government from recognizing gay “marriages” – has resulted in dozens of lawsuits, as homosexual couples fight to overturn state bans on same-sex “marriage” while also seeking to force states where the practice is banned to recognize “marriages” legally obtained in other states.  Now, the states are looking to the high court to clean up the mess. 

Last week, 32 states petitioned the court to take up the issue of same-sex “marriage” and decide on the constitutionality of marriage protection laws once and for all.  The last time the court considered the issue, it ruled that the federal government could not refuse to recognize same-sex “marriages” performed in states where the practice is legal, but stopped short of ruling on whether state-level bans on the practice are constitutional.

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The court reconvenes October 6, but there is no guarantee that the justices will act quickly to address the issue of same-sex “marriage,” nor are they required to rule on the issue at all.  But the fact that they put five related cases on the agenda for their September meeting is a strong indication that they do intend to hear arguments and make some sort of ruling before the court session ends next summer.

Any ruling made in each case will apply to all of the states adjudicated by the same Circuit Court whose decision was under review.  So far, states have requested review of decisions by the 4th, 7th and 10th Circuits.  But it’s likely it won’t stop there – the 6th Circuit is expected to hand down a ruling on the legality of marriage protection laws in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee soon, and the 9th Circuit heard arguments this week from Idaho and Nevada. 

So far, all of the decisions being considered for review have declared same-sex “marriage” bans unconstitutional.  The 9th Circuit is expected to do the same.  There is a possibility, however, that the 6th Circuit will rule differently, making Supreme Court intervention almost inevitable.