Gay Marriage Expected to Begin in Wyoming

Wyoming is one of several states where same-sex marriage is expected to begin now that the Supreme Court has turned away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages.

The justices on Monday did not comment in rejecting appeals from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

The court's order immediately ends delays on marriage in those states. Couples in six other states - Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming - should be able to get married in short order. Those states would be bound by the same appellate rulings that were put on hold pending the Supreme Court's review.

That would make same-sex marriage legal in 30 states and the District of Columbia.

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