Last week, a wealth of activity emanated from the United States Supreme Court when it denied hearing appeals from five states trying to keep their bans on same-sex marriage.
Before this decision, a federal appeals court in San Francisco declared it illegal to ban same-sex marriage in both Idaho and Nevada. After an initial hiccup in which Justice Anthony Kennedy placed a temporary stay on allowing licenses in both Nevada and Idaho — intending to grant a stay only for Idaho — it was eventually lifted, and gay marriage bans are now illegal in both states.