court about the ban on same-sex marriage in oklahoma. it was argued a week after the utah case was argued. it was a 2-1 decision by this court of appeals panel. the state has the option of asking the entire tenth circuit to hear the case or coming here to the u.s. supreme court. the tenth circuit today put a hold on the effect of its own ruling to give the state time to appeal the ruling. for now, same-sex marriage cannot resume in yau tao, depending on what the state does. it's certain to appeal. so presumably the ban will stay until the supreme court disposes of this case. if it takes this case -- it's not a slam dunk certainty that the supreme court will take these cases if all of the appeals court cases go in the direction. normally one of the big reasons the court would take a case is if there's a split among the circuits. if there isn't, it might not take the case. it might consider it important enough to weigh in. i'd be a little surprise fd the