Early reports are coming in that the Supreme Court has denied review in all seven gay marriage cases before it. 

#SCOTUS apparently denies review in all seven #ssm petitions

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) October 6, 2014

The seven petitions from five states – Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana and Wisconsin – will now be subject to the pro-equality rulings from the 7th, 10th, and 4th Circuit Courts of Appeals

Lisa Keen reported last month on what would happen should SCOTUS declines to review the pending cases. 

If the Supreme Court declines to review one of the pending marriage cases this session, said Kaplan, it would have to lift the stays currently in place. “Then marriages between gay couples could happen in a whole bunch of new states,” she said. That would enable same-sex couples to get married in 12 additional states: Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma in the Tenth Circuit; Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia in the Fourth Circuit; and Wisconsin and Indiana, in the Seventh Circuit. Added to the 19 states that already enable same-sex couples to marry, and the count will stand at 31 and the District of Columbia.

Developing…