High court denies gay marriage appeals

High court denies gay marriage appeals | WOODTV.com:
"Two other appeals courts, in Cincinnati and San Francisco, could issue decisions any time in same-sex marriage cases.
Judges in the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit who are weighing pro-gay marriage rulings in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, appeared more likely to rule in favor of state bans than did the 9th Circuit judges in San Francisco, who are considering Idaho and Nevada restrictions on marriage.
On Monday, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said he will wait until that decision comes down to weigh in on what the ruling in Washington means.
“It’s hard to tell, I think you’ll have commentators going back and forth on this as to the decision by the United States Supreme Court not to have a review at least at this time, so they’ll be back and forth on it.
But there’s a process and so now we wait for the decision of the 6th Circuit Court of appeals in Cincinnati,” Schuette said.
It takes just four of the nine justices to vote to hear a case, but it takes a majority of at least five for an eventual ruling.
Monday’s opaque order did not indicate how the justices voted on whether to hear the appeals."