The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California struck down several state appeals that would ban gay marriage last Tuesday. Idaho and Nevada appealed for a ban on same-sex marriage, but the court decided in a unanimous decision to decline the proposal. This federal appeals court also has jurisdiction over three other states which ban gay marriage (being Alaska, Arizona, and Montana), so many are expecting the bans to soon fall in those states, as well.
This decision was just a day after the Supreme Court refused to reconsider similar appeals to ban same-sex marriage in Utah, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Virginia. Several other federal appeals courts that have jurisdiction over Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina may also soon strike down laws that would prevent gay and lesbian couples from receiving marriage benefits.
I believe that this is an incredible decision on the behalf of federal courts across the country. Ever since the Supreme Court decided that gay marriage was a states' issue, more and more local governments have been enacting laws that legalize same-sex marriage, or have been failing to enact others that would infringe on such freedoms. This article specifically seems to have a bias in favor of same-sex marriage, including positive quotes from the courts and President Obama himself.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/07/federal-appeals-court-gay-marriage-idaho-nevada/16872117/
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