WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has formally
added gay marriage cases to the justices' agenda for their closed-door
conference on Sept. 29.
The action Wednesday does not mean that the court
will decide that day to hear state appeals of lower court rulings that struck
down bans on same-sex marriage. But the late September conference will be the
first time the justices have the issue before them. The meeting will be the
justices' first since late June.
Appeals have been filed from Indiana, Oklahoma,
Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. The gay couples who won in each case in the lower
courts also favor Supreme Court review.
The justices could put off deciding whether to take
up gay marriage until January and still be able to issue a decision by late
June.
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