San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

On Sunday’s Powerhouse Roundtable on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” political odd couple James Carville and Mary Matalin, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and ABC’s George Will and Matthew Dowd discussed the latest on the Supreme Court and gay marriage.

What does it mean that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up two same-sex marriage issues?

The U.S. Supreme Court decided today to take up the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 case. Arguments will be heard in late March and decisions rendered in June.

An anti-gay marriage group defending Nevada's ban same-sex marriage has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case directly from the federal district court in Reno without waiting for a ruling on the case by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

"The Supreme Court is expected to release an Order List with its decisions on cases it has granted or denied review from its December 7 Conference by Monday, December 10. In the event that the Court neither grants nor denies review in Perry by December 10, the Justices will discuss the case again at a future Conference."

The U.S. Supreme Court did not place any of the gay rights cases on its orders today, adding to the incredible drama that is building up about whether the justices will take up the California’s Proposition 8 and DOMA cases.

The cases present a profound test of the Justices’ judgment.

Lambda Legal won’t give up until DOMA is defeated once and for all. The damage it causes for our families must end.

Early this Friday, the nine justices of the nation’s high court are scheduled to meet behind closed doors to discuss these crucial gay-rights cases that affect millions of LGBT Americans.

The results, which are not scientific, reveal that 53% of readers predict that the Supreme Court will take action on the Prop 8/DOMA cases and 47% don’t.