High court declines to hear challenge to D.C.'s gay marriage law

 

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would not hear a challenge to the District's 10-month-old same-sex marriage law, marking a likely end to legal disputes over gay marriages in the city, reports The Washington Post.    But opponents of the law say they will press Congress to intervene, potentially requiring the city to hold a voter referendum.

The high court declined without comment to hear the case, six months after the the D.C. Court of Appeals had narrowly upheld the law.

Opponents and supporters of the law agreed Tuesday that the decision means the debate shifts away from the courts.

"This represents the end of the judicial road for opponents," said D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large), the author of the city's same-sex marriage law. "They have a political remedy that I suspect they will pursue."

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High court declines to hear challenge to D.C.'s gay marriage law