The Supreme
Court suggested Tuesday it could find a way out of the case over California's ban on
same-sex marriage without issuing a major national ruling on whether America's
gays have a right to marry.
Several justices, including some liberals
who seemed open to gay marriage, raised doubts during a
riveting 80-minute argument that the case should even be before them. And Justice Anthony
Kennedy, the potentially decisive vote on a closely divided court,
suggested that the court could dismiss it with no ruling at all.
Such an outcome would almost certainly allow gay marriages to resume in California but would have no impact elsewhere. Read more
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