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Hissyspit

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Tue Jun 5, 2012, 12:56 PM Jun 2012

U.S. Appeals Court Declines to Revisit California Gay Marriage Ban, Clears Way for Potential SCOTUS [View all]

Source: Reuters

California gay marriage case looks headed to Supreme Court

By Peter Henderson and Dan Levine
SAN FRANCISCO | Tue Jun 5, 2012 12:56pm EDT

(Reuters) - The ninth Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way for the Supreme Court to consider California's gay marriage ban, declining an appeal to revisit the case.

Supporters of the 2008 ban have lost two rounds in federal court but have made clear they will appeal to the Supreme Court and hope for a favorable response from the conservative court.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/05/us-california-gay-idUSBRE8540XX20120605

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