SAN DIEGO – Readers of San Diego Gay & Lesbian News who took our poll are split on their expectations of how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on marriage equality.

Our poll question was: How will the Supreme Court rule on marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples?

The results, which are not scientific, reveal that 48% of readers think that the high court will provide marriage rights to all, 45% predict that the justices will grant limited marriage rights, and 7% believe that the Supreme Court will deny marriage rights for all.

WASHINGTON -- For the second consecutive day, the U.S. Supreme Court today tackled crucial gay-rights issues, this time peppering questions at attorneys on both sides of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) appeal.

The initial impression is that if the high court takes the case, instead of refusing it because of serious questions about legal standing about whether House Republicans can defend the law in court, it that a clear majority of justices are in favor of striking down DOMA.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court has issued the full audio of today's oral arguments in California's Proposition 8 appeal.

Click HERE to listen to the audio.

The SCOTUS website offered a link to the full transcript but the link was broken. Click HERE to read the transcript.

Today is Tuesday, March 26, and by the time most of you read this, the Supreme Court justices will have heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which is a voter-approved initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California.

On Wednesday, March 27, the justices will hear oral arguments on the federal Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage in the United States of America as between one man and one woman.

Before any of these decisions even take place -– by the end of June -- I want to remind each and every one of us who we are.