Everybody Keeps Asking When The Supreme Court’s Marriage Decision Is — So Here’s A Guide

I’m among those waiting, holding my breath!!

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It could come Thursday, or next week, or the week after that. Breathe — and don’t listen to anyone who tells you they know exactly when it’s going to happen.

The anticipation for the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges — the lead case before the court about same-sex couples’ marriage rights — is high.

I know because people are asking me when the decision is coming down by every possible means of communication.

The questions at issue — debated out at oral arguments in April — are important: Can states ban same-sex couples from marrying, and can they refuse to recognize same-sex couples’ marriages granted elsewhere?

So, to help everyone avoid the Twitter direct messages, Facebook messages, and texts, here is what we know — and don’t know.

Early on, the questions started out nicely enough:

The answer to that is that…

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