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Supporters rally outside of the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Sioux Falls, S.D., Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. A federal judge heard arguments Friday on South Dakota's request to throw out a lawsuit challenging its ban on gay marriage but will file her decision later. (AP Photo/The Argus Leader, Jay Pickthorn)

Gay-marriage cases halted in 8th, other federal circuit courts

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Illustration on GOP alternatives to Obamacare by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

PETER FERRARA: Strategy for Obamacare after the Supreme Court rules

By Peter J. Ferrara

Supporters of marriage equality gathered outside the Supreme Court to demonstrate support for LGBT couples on Tuesday as justices inside asked questions that cautiously encouraged both sides of the debate on same-sex marriage. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was closely watched. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court gay marriage arguments, questions give encouragement, caution to both sides

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Opponents of same-sex marriage hold a rally at the Utah State Capitol Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Salt Lake City. Supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage rallied in Utah on Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of laws banning such marriages. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

ERNEST ISTOOK: Supreme Court to decide for believers what marriage is

By Ernest Istook

Demonstrators cheer as plaintiffs leave the Supreme Court, where historic arguments were heard within the chambers on cases that could make same-sex marriage the law of the land throughout the U.S. (Associated Press)

Same-sex marriage arguments at Supreme Court bring out demonstrators

By Nate Madden — The Washington Times - The Washington Times

Civil rights lawyer Mary Bonautu, center, flanked by plaintiff James Obergefell of Ohio, left, and Washington attorney Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, right, speaks outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday , April 28, 2015, following a hearing on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

What they said: Supreme Court quotes on gay marriage

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A rainbow colored flag, seen through an American flag, flies in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, April 27, 2015, as the Supreme Court is set to hear historic arguments in cases that could make same-sex marriage the law of the land. . (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Supreme Court hears historic same-sex marriage arguments

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Demonstrators carry banners in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. The Supreme Court is set to hear historic arguments in cases that could make same-sex marriage the law of the land. The justices are meeting Tuesday to offer the first public indication of where they stand in the dispute over whether states can continue defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, or whether the Constitution gives gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Colorful crowds gather as Supreme Court weighs gay marriage

By Nate Madden - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 16, 2014 file photo, Attorney Mary Bonauto smiles during her speech at the Cambridge City Hall in Cambridge, Mass. to mark the 10th anniversary of the first same-sex weddings in Massachusetts and the nation. Five lawyers will take turns at the Supreme Court lectern Tuesday for the highly anticipated and extended arguments over same-sex marriage. Among them are the Obama administration’s top lawyer at the high court, with more than two dozen arguments behind him, and two lawyers making their first appearance before the justices. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Pioneer for gay marriage among lawyers for high court cases

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Plaintiffs from Tennessee, Michigan, and Ohio walk down steps at the Supreme Court after posing for photographs with the lawyers representing in Washington, Monday, April 27, 2015, as the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the constitutionality of state bans on same-sex marriage on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Supreme Court to hear gay marriage arguments Tuesday

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

The Rev. Bruce Prescott, left, speaks during a vigil outside a Hobby Lobby store in Edmond, Okla., Monday, June 30, 2014, in reaction to the Supreme Court's decision that some companies like the Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby chain of arts-and-craft stores can avoid the contraceptives requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, if they have religious objections. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) ** FILE **

Supreme Court tells another court to reconsider HHS’ Obamacare mandate for religious groups

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on the actual nature of marriage laws by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

PAUL LINTON, PETER SPRIGG: Gays free to marry opposite sex

By Paul B. Linton and Peter S. Sprigg

Jim Obergefell, center, speaks to a group of supporters during an an official send-off event in support of plaintiffs in gay marriage cases that will be argued Tuesday, April 28 before the U.S. Supreme Court, on the steps of City Hall in Cincinnati Friday, April 24, 2015. When Obergefell's husband Arthur died at age 48, Obergefell was listed on the death certificate as his surviving spouse; the couple had won a court order before Arthur's death to make it so. That victory was overturned by the federal appeals court in Cincinnati, which upheld the same-sex marriage bans in Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee as well. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

Q&A: Issues, possible legal outcomes in gay marriage cases

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

"If you read what the Supreme Court said" in a 2013 gay marriage case, Windsor v. United States, "there's really no other way for the Supreme Court to come out in the case that's up for argument on Tuesday," lawyer Ted Olson said on NBC's "Meet the Press." (Associated Press)

Gay marriage advocates expect Supreme Court to rule in their favor

By Valerie Richardson and Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2014 file photo, people wait to enter the Supreme Court in Washington. Only two years ago, the Supreme Court struck down part of the federal anti-gay marriage law that denied a range of government benefits to legally married same-sex couples. The decision did not address the validity of state marriage bans, but courts across the country, with few exceptions, said its logic compelled them to invalidate state laws that prohibited gay and lesbian couples from marrying. A look at what is now before the Supreme Court, and the status of same-sex marriage around the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File )

Q&A: What’s at stake in Supreme Court gay marriage arguments

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Kelly Noe, left, listens to her partner Kelly McCraken speak to supporters during a send-off event in support of plaintiffs in gay marriage cases that will be argued April 28before the U.S. Supreme Court on the steps of City Hall in downtown Cincinnati, Friday, April 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

Supreme Court gay marriage cases: What to expect

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

New York State Sen. Ruben Diaz led the crowd in cheers for "marriage as God ordained" at the March for Marriage Saturday. After the noon rally, marchers went to the Supreme Court to pray for the justices, the people and the nation. (Image: Cheryl Wetzstein, The Washington Times)

March for Marriage attracts thousands to Capitol Hill

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times