From AFP:
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a law authorizing homosexual marriage in Washington, DC rejecting a challenge from activists opposed to same-sex marriage.
The top US court without comment turned down a petition from a group of residents seeking to put gay marriage to a city-wide referendum.
The high court decision, a blow to anti-gay marriage interests, came as another high profile case on the legal status of same-sex marriage in California, churned through the US legal system. Full article