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No Word on When Supreme Court Will Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases

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Thinkstock 100214 SupremeCourt?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1412297302537zimmytws/iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court declined to hear any of seven possible same-sex marriage cases — for now — on Thursday.

The court issued a paper list Thursday morning detailing which of the cases that have piled up over the summer it would take on. Seven of those cases related to same-sex marriage.

The new term begins on Monday, and the justices had the option to choose one or more of the cases to hear arguments for. Instead, it remains unclear when the Supreme Court will listen to both sides of the same-sex marriage debate.

Currently, same-sex couples can legally marry in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

Among the cases that the court did choose to take up were a case regarding redistricting in Arizona, and another on whether or not Florida judicial candidates can solicit campaign contributions. The court will also hear a case regarding whether or not a woman denied a job at Abercrombie and Fitch for wearing a head scarf was required to ask for a religious accommodation.


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