Prop 8 headed for Supreme Court too

It looks like both the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8 will be heading for the U. S. Supreme Court for a definitive decision about gay marriage.

Last week, in a unanimous decision by a three judge panel of the 1st U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Defense of Marriage Act was declared unconstitutional.  

Now the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to have the full court review the decision by its three judge panel that upheld a lower court's ruling that this law is unconstitutional.  If the defendants of Prop 8 do not appeal by a certain date, then marriage equality is again legal in California.

But, assuming those defendants will also appeal to SCOTUS, we could have hearings and a decision on both the cases within the year.

Ralph