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Are we nearing an end game on same-sex marriage?

I'm Barbara Bogave, sitting in for Warren Only, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans

care about most. It's been almost a year since the Supreme Court tossed the issue of same-sex

marriage back to state legislatures in lower courts. Now cases are flooding courtrooms across the

country. Polls show the support for gay marriage is at an all-time high. Why are people

changing their minds?

How will appellate judges rule on the welter of challenges to gay marriage bans?

Might the Supreme Court make a final call next year?

Also, on today's talking point, scientists pry into the feline mind and fail.

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I'm Barbara Bogave, in for Warren only.

Just ahead, judges across the country are grappling with same-sex marriage after the Supreme Court kicked the can down the road last year.

We'll hear stories from behind the scenes of high-profile gay marriage cases with author Joe Becker and others. And on today's

talking point, why cats beat out fish for the title of worst research subject ever. And if you own

cat, you probably know what we're talking about. First, this news update, though, Israel suspended Middle East peace talks yesterday in response

to the unity agreement reached between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatahm movement

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