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In this file photo from Aug. 12, 2010, gay couple Tara Walsh, left, and Wen Minkoff embrace outside City Hall in San Francisco. The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, to hear the appeal of a ruling that struck down Proposition 8, the state¿s measure that banned same sex marriages. The highly anticipated decision by the court means same-sex marriages will not resume in California any time soon. The justices likely will not issue a ruling until spring of next year. A federal appeals court ruled in February that Proposition 8¿s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. But the court delayed implementing the order until same-sex marriage opponents proponents could ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) (December 10, 2012) |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller says the state will remain active in the gay marriage debate now that it's reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
The court decided Friday to hear cases on California's constitutional ban on gay marriage and a federal law that denies tax, health and pension benefits to legally married gays Americans.
Zoeller says Indiana and 14 other states had filed a brief urging the court to hear the case in which a federal appeals court struck down the California ban. He says it's likely Indiana will join another multi-state brief on the merits of the case.
Zoeller says Indiana "stands firm in its vigorous defense of each state's legal authority to recognize the traditional definition of marriage as a significant state interest."
