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BREAKING: The Supreme Court will finally decide the fate of same-sex marriage 

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear four cases challenging state bans on same-sex marriage, in a decision that will likely decide the future of marriage equality in America.

While the court had previously expressed a desire to leave the issue to the states, they were compelled to take these cases when the federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld marriage bans in Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and Tennessee. That ruling clashed with other federal appeals courts, setting up the coming constitutional showdown.