刚在华盛顿邮报网站上看到一则新闻，大意是美国联邦最高法院拒绝审理上诉的几个关于gay-marriage的上诉案，于是均得维持原判，令人深思的是这几个原判均是反对gay-marriage bans（也就是支持gay-marriage）的。不少人对于联邦最高法院的做法表示惊讶，因为很多人预期最高法院会做出积极的决定，而不是消极的默认。
不管怎样，结果让人振奋，美国又多了六个支持gay-marriage的州，从州的数量上来说，30个州支持，20个州反对。分布的话，东西海岸的支持的州较多，中部，东南部较少，文中也似乎提到人口数量上，也是支持的州人数居多。
lz因为兴奋兼无聊看了一下文章后面的几条评论，反对的人不少，其中大多数是居于宗教理由。也有反对者并非基于宗教原因，而是害怕若支持gay-marriage，会使社会上的同性恋变多。
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The Supreme Court on Monday decided to let stand rulings that allowsame-sex marriagein Virginia, Utah, Oklahoma, Indiana and Wisconsin, a move that may dramatically expand across the nation a decades-long movement legalizing such unions.
The court’s action marks a turning point. A majority of Americans now live in states where gay couples can wed, and the court’s decision could soon bring the number of those states to 30, meaning there may be no going back.
“I’m blown away by this,” said James Esseks, a lawyer who heads the American Civil Liberties Union’s legal efforts concerning same-sex marriage. “It is a watershed moment for the entire country.”
The court’s decisioncame without explanation and startled those on both sides of the issue who had urged the justices to accept the cases to rule on the constitutionality of marriage in a way that affected all 50 states.
The denials of cases- from three federal appeals courts carry no formal instruction for other lower courts still considering challenges to state bans; if one of them upholds such a measure, the issue could return to the high court.