WASHINGTON—The US Supreme Court gave legally married gay couples equal federal standing with all other married Americans and cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California, the most populous state. It wasn't a sweeping ruling to allow same-sex couples to marry anywhere, but gay rights advocates quickly said they'd be back in court soon to pursue that goal. Wednesday's landmark rulings, both by narrow 5-4 majorities, sidestepped the larger question of whether banning gay marriage is unconstitutional, leaving in place a nationwide patchwork of laws that outlaw same-sex unions in roughly three dozen states. But they did signal the rapid shift across Americ...
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