In recent months, eight federal judges have struck down state bans on same-sex marriage. Stays have been issued in six of the eight cases.
The two cases where stays were not issued are Oregon and Pennsylvania. In both cases, the state attorney general had concluded that the marriage bans were unconstitutional. And in both cases state officials refused to file an appeal, thus ending the litigation.
In contrast, the six other cases involve lawsuits and decisions that are being contested and appealed by state officials. Those states are Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Texas, Michigan, and Idaho.
With the recent decisions in Oregon and Pennsylvania, same-sex marriages are now legal in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
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