The reason is because it is a long held SCOTUS maxim to let societal changes happen slowly. Be assured they will approve it Nationwide at some point. That is as sure as the sun shining. But Justices, regardless of political leanings, will act this way. Not even 4 Justices voted to hear it. They didn’t leave those Circuit Court decisions in place to rule against Gay “marriage” later.
They MAY take it up this term if another Circuit rules the other way but just don’t see any remaining Circuit doing that ... at least not en banc anyway. Lower Court Judges know EXACTLY what SCOTUS is doing and they will not go against them.
Exactly what I thought. They didn’t leave these lower court decisions intact, just to overturn them later on. Barring a huge turnover of membership on the Supreme Court, and staunch conservatives replacing liberals there, these marriages will never be overturned.
So I think the Court made a decision to allow the spread of homosexual marriage, for whatever silent reasons. They didn’t want to have another round of oral arguments and have to rule themselves. We know from last year’s cases that there are five justices out of nine on the Court who are in favor of homosexual marriage. So it seems to me they want to facilitate the spread to more and more states, without having to rule themselves at this time.