- We’re getting key decisions from the Supreme Court on same-sex marriage
- Rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 could affect how states and the federal government handle marriage equality
- Part of DOMA was struck down, and the way is cleared for same-sex marriages to resume in California
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[Updated at 10:46 a.m. ET] So what’s your reaction to the rulings today?
[Updated at 10:38 a.m. ET] It sounds like we’ll be looking into these rulings for a while – Jeffrey Toobin just said the Proposition 8 case was “a puzzling decision” and a “puzzling” line-up of justices who backed the decision.
The opinion about Proposition 8 was written by Chief Justice Roberts who was joined by Justice Scalia, a conservative, and three liberals – Justices Breyer, Ginsburg and Kagan.
[Updated at 10:35 a.m. ET] Same-sex marriage can resume in California – that’s the result of the Supreme Court ruling just in that dismisses an appeal regarding California’s Proposition 8.
From our colleague Bill Mears:
The Supreme Court has dismissed a closely-watched appeal over same-sex marriage on jurisdictional grounds, ruling Wednesday private parties do not have “standing” to defend California’s voter-approved ballot measure barring gay and lesbians couples from state-sanctioned wedlock. The ruling permits same-sex couples in California to legally marry. The 5-4 decision avoids for now a sweeping conclusion on whether same-sex marriage is a constitutionally-protected “equal protection” right that would apply to all states. The case is Hollingsworth v. Perry (12-144).
[Updated at 10:30 a.m. ET] New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told CNN the ruling was a “great win.” ““A great win not just for the gay community, it’s a great win for the American tradition of equal justice under the law,” he said.
[Updated at 10:29 a.m. ET] House Speaker John Boehner was just asked about the DOMA case, but he declined comment until he’s read the ruling.
[Updated at 10:26 a.m. ET] The ruling on Proposition 8 – California’s ban on same-sex marriage – is in.
[Updated at 10:23 a.m. ET] And yes, the president was watching. His Twitter account is calling the DOMA ruling “a historic step forward,” though it’s not signed with the “bo” that shows he wrote it.
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