Supreme Court to Consider Gay Marriage

The United States Supreme Court will consider whether the Constitution requires states to recognize same-sex marriage. The Court accepted four separate cases from Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, and Kentucky and consolidated them into a single case. It will hear arguments in April and issue its decision in June.

Review of the issue by the Court became a near-certainty after the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Cincinnati, Ohio, upheld bans on same-sex marriage in four states. Courts in the Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth circuits have all ruled against bans on same-sex marriages. With the federal courts split, the Supreme Court must now step in to resolve the issue.

This story is developing.