1.媒体来源: LA times
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-gay-marriage-states-20141006-story.html
2.完整新闻标题/内文:
Rulings mean all but 14 states likely to allow same-sex marriages
全美除了14州之外都即将允许同性结婚
The number of states still prohibiting same-sex marriage probably will dwindle
to 14 within a few weeks as a result of the Supreme Court’s refusal to take
up the issue Monday, a legal and political reversal of nearly unprecedented
proportions.
Just over 10 years ago it was impossible for a same-sex couple to get married
anywhere in the U.S. But by Monday more than half of Americans lived in a
state with the immediate prospect of what supporters refer to as “marriage
equality.”
The three appeals court rulings that the Supreme Court left standing Monday
immediately affected Virginia, Oklahoma, Indiana, Wisconsin and Utah. But
because the rulings are binding precedents throughout the regions where those
three federal judicial circuits have jurisdiction, they will also apply to
laws in six more states: North and South Carolina, West Virginia, Colorado,
Kansas and Wyoming.
More shoes are about to drop as well.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is expected to rule any day
in favor of gay marriage, which would add Idaho, Alaska, Arizona, Montana and
Nevada to the marriage column.
At that point only 14 states in the South and Midwest would still have
enforceable laws upholding the strongly held belief that marriage can only be
between a man and a woman.
At that point, however, the momentum could slow considerably.
Based on the tone of oral arguments in August, the 6th Circuit Court of
Appeals in Ohio was expected to issue a ruling soon upholding bans on gay
marriage that would affect Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Michigan.
The 5th Circuit in New Orleans, perhaps the most conservative in the country,
is soon to consider a ruling upholding the marriage ban in Louisiana. Its
ruling would apply to Texas and Mississippi as well as Louisiana. The 11th
Circuit in Atlanta, covering the rest of the deep South, may follow suit.
Less far along and less predictable is the 8th Circuit in St. Louis, covering
the upper Midwest plus Arkansas and Missouri.
If one of those appellate courts upholds a ban on same-sex marriage, creating
a division of opinion among the federal circuits, the Supreme Court would be
likely to hear an appeal. Today’s action indicated that the result would be
to uphold same-sex marriage nationwide.
But gay marriage groups are concerned that such a final ruling might not come
until June 2015, leaving thousands of gay couples in two regions of the
country in the lurch.
“Justice delayed is justice denied to thousands of gay couples across the
country to whom the hand of justice did not extend today,” said Fred Sainz
of the Human Rights Campaign in Washington.
“Today was not so much a victory as halftime, and we’re ahead,” Sainz
said. “I have no doubt that our opponents will continue to fight.”
Indeed, Ralph Reed, long an influential conservative activist, vowed to do
just that and predicted his view of marriage would eventually prevail. In the
meantime, he said the court’s actions would help Republicans in the coming
midterm congressional elections.
“We’re going to be in this fight for a long time,” said Reed, who is based
in Atlanta. “In this case there were five states which all defined marriage
as between a man and a woman and the Supreme Court would not lift a finger to
defend those states laws.”
3.新闻连结:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-gay-marriage-states-20141006-story.html
4.备注:
主要信仰基督教的美国人都陆续开放同性结婚了
那台湾呢??