Last Updated: September 8, 2014By

Three statewide bans on gay marriage will come under federal scrutiny Monday during an appellate hearing in San Francisco.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled hear arguments regarding the legitimacy of gay marriage bans in Nevada, Hawaii, and Idaho. Federal judges have previously upheld bans in Nevada and Hawaii, though both states have taken other steps to reverse those decisions. Idaho’s ban was struck down by a federal judge in May, a decision that Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter (R) has opposed.

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