Supreme Court: Gay Marriage Legal Again in California

A legal battle that began four years ago when two Berkeley women sued the Alameda County Clerk-Recorder for refusing to marry them, reached a partial conclusion Wednesday morning when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that backers of California's same-sex marriage ban couldn't appeal a lower court decision allowing gay marriage in the state. 

According to the SCOTUSblog this means that "same-sex marriage will be available in California, at least where court clerks take the position that Prop 8 is unconstitutional." The Supreme Court did not make a ruling on gay marriage. 

Kristin Perry, 48, and Sandra Stier, 50, the Berkeley women who are plaintiffs in Hollingsworth v Perry, were on the front steps of the Supreme Court in Washington D.C. when the decision was announced, according to ABC 7 News.

The Supreme Court also ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Defense of Marriage Act violated the Fifth Amendment and was unconstitutional.