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WASHINGTON -- - The U.S. Supreme Court issued no new orders today in the remaining LGBT rights cases on its docket in the wake of its decision Friday to review the Proposition 8 challenge and one of four cases challenging the constitutionality of the federal so-called Defense of Marriage Act.

Two Lambda Legal cases remain on the docket: Brewer v. Diaz and U.S. Office of Personnel Management v Golinski.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Mark Dayton said this week that he would sign a marriage-equality bill into law should one ever hit his desk.

Minnesotans last month rejected Proposition 32, which would have added a state constitutional ban against same-sex marriage.

Dayton told Minnesota Public Radio that is was not sure whether the state Legislature would take up the issue.

The legal eagles who successfully fought California’s Proposition 8 law said today they are confident of victory at the U.S. Supreme Court.

The dream team of Ted Olson and David Bois, along with attorney Ted Boutrous and the two gay couples who sued to overturn the discriminatory law, spoke immediately after news broke that the nation’s high court was going to take up the Prop 8 case, as well as one of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) cases.