SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Gay marriage bans in Nevada, Idaho and Hawaii came under scrutiny on Monday when a U.S. appeals court waded back into a civil rights debate that has swept through courthouses across the country.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard arguments on whether judges in Nevada and Hawaii were correct to uphold those states' gay marriage bans. Hawaii's legislature subsequently voted to allow same-sex nuptials, while a federal judge struck down Idaho's gay marriage prohibition.