The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear cases from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee challenging bans on same-sex marriages. Earlier this week, the court declined to take a same-sex marriage case from Louisiana because an appeals court has not yet ruled on that case.
At this time, 36 states and Washington, D.C. have legal same-sex marriage. Emily Bazelon is a staff writer for The New York Times and a senior research fellow at Yale Law School. She tells Here & Now’s Robin Young about the cases in front of the Supreme Court.
Guest
- Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times and a senior research fellow at Yale Law School. She tweets @emilybazelon.
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.![](http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Will+Supreme+Court+Weigh+In+on+Four+Same-Sex+Marriage+Cases%3F&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDE1MTIxMDg0MDE0MDQ3NTY3MzkzMzY1NA001))
![](http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Will+Supreme+Court+Weigh+In+on+Four+Same-Sex+Marriage+Cases%3F&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDE1MTIxMDg0MDE0MDQ3NTY3MzkzMzY1NA001))
300x250 Ad
300x250 Ad