U.S. appeals court challenges states on gay marriage bans

[joeybee12]

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court in Chicago appeared ready to strike down gay marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin after vigorously challenging the two states' attorneys at a hearing on Tuesday.

The oral arguments before a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals come at a crucial stage in the legal fight over same-sex marriage as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to take up the issue in its next term.

At the U.S. appeals court level, judges have struck down similar bans on gay marriage in Utah, Oklahoma and Virginia.

The three judges, one appointed by a Republican U.S. administration and two by Democratic administrations, were considering challenges brought by civil rights groups on behalf of couples seeking to marry against gay marriage bans in the two Midwest states.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-appeals-court-challenges-states-gay-marriage-bans-185525464.html

Here's hoping....

[BaggersRDumb]

1. GAY marriage ban by any state should mean said state loses all federal funding

[sadoldgirl]

2. There are 10 US appeals courts in the country

I believe. Is this only the second to strike the ban down?