Breaking News: Supreme Court Will Take Up Gay Marriage Bans

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The Supreme Court will take up California's ban onsame-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule onwhether gay Americans have the same constitutional right to marry asheterosexuals.

The justices said Monday they will review a federalappeals court ruling that struck down the state's gay marriage ban, though onnarrow grounds. The San Francisco-based appeals court said the state could nottake away the same-sex marriage right that had been granted by California'sSupreme Court. 
The court also will decide whether Congress candeprive legally married gay couples of federal benefits otherwise available tomarried people. A provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act limits arange of health and pension benefits, as well as favorable tax treatment, toheterosexual couples. 

Accordingto SCOTUS Blog, the court is expected to hear arguments in late Marchand make a decision in late June: