Monday, October 6th history was made when the Supreme Court declined to review the ruling that found Utah's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Although it didn't impact Texas' law on same-sex marriage, Lauren Caruba, blogger for Texas Monthly certainly believes that the lift on the ban on same-sex marriage will be in Texas' foreseeable future. Same-sex marriages have been illegal in Texas since 1997. Additionally, Texas declared all same sex marriages that were legal out of state are considered void when moving to Texas. In one case, couples Nicole Dimetman and Cleopatra De Leon of Austin requested the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments towards their case next month. Dimetman is pregnant and would like to have her partner, De Leon, as a legal parent before the birth of their child. They argue that the child will be exposed to dangers and insecurity if for some reason Dimetman is incapable of caring for her child after the birth. An April 2014 poll suggests that more Texans support the rights of same-sex marriages than oppose of it. Attorney General Greg Abbott filed to uphold the state's ban in late July. He is basing a humanistic right on the fact that same-sex marriages do not naturally produce children, therefore same-sex marriage is not right. The fact that this issue is still at high regards is despicable to our society as a whole, but the numbers are slowly changing and I agree with the author, Lauren. When these bans are lifted, we can finally focus our attention to issues that actually matter.