Defendants in 3 marriage cases will seek review from U.S.
Supreme Court  This weekend, the defendants in two marriage
cases - Oklahoma's Bishop v. Smith and Virginia's Bostic v.
Schaefer - indicated that they would seek review from the United
States Supreme Court in federal appellate rulings (both of which
affirmed district court rulings) in favor of the freedom to
marry for same-sex couples.  In Virginia, the defendant (a
county clerk named in the suit) filed a petition to the 4th
Circuit Court of Appeals seeking a stay in the ruling until she
files her writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme
Court, and in Oklahoma, the state announced on Friday evening
that they would be seeking U.S. Supreme Court review. Both sets
of defendants - as well as the defendants in a similar marriage
case out of Utah - will not be seeking a full en banc review
from the appellate courts.  After the petitions in all three
cases are filed, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to
take up a case, likely before January