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# Gay Marriage Rights Extended in 5 States after SCOTUS Rejects Appeals
- URL: https://ivn.us/gay-marriage-rights-extended-5-states-scotus-rejects-appeals/
- Published: 2014-10-06T14:43:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:46:45.000Z
- Author: Shawn Griffiths
- Tags: News

The Associated Press reports that the Supreme Court on Monday rejected to hear the appeals of 5 states in an effort to keep their bans on same-sex marriage. Marriage rights will immediately be extended to gay and lesbian couples in **Indiana**, **Oklahoma**, **Utah**, **Virginia**, and **Wisconsin**.

In addition to ending the delay on marriages in these states, according to the AP report, same-sex couples in 6 other states may be allowed to get married soon as well after federal courts struck down marriage bans in several states earlier this year. This would make same-sex marriage legal in 30 states, plus Washington, D.C.

However, the issue of same-sex marriage remains unresolved. While the justices of the high court refused to hear these appeals, they have not ruled on what federal legal protections same-sex couples have under the U.S. constitution to marriage, leaving the matter unresolved in the United States.

The Supreme Court did not comment on why it rejected the appeals.

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