Supreme Court to hear gay marriage cases
POSTED: 5:58 PM PST December 7, 2012
UPDATED: 5:49 AM PST December 8, 2012
The Supreme Court will hear two challenges to laws limiting the rights of same-sex couples to marry this spring: a case to the Defense of Marriage Act brought by a woman who was taxed on her inheritance when her partner died and a challenge to a California proposition that overturned a law allowing gay couples to marry.