(Raymond Grumney/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(Raymond Grumney/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
A day after the Supreme Court unexpectedly rejected appeals from five states seeking to preserve gay marriage bans, a federal appeals court panel upheld gay marriage in Idaho and Nevada. The three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the bans in the two states violate same-sex couples' equal protection rights.
Family members and a lawyer say they have been blocked from access to the bedside of Bonfilia Sanchez Dominguez, while her husband was detained and shipped to Texas within 24 hours.