article_snippet.sent: same-sex couples will be scrutinizing he words and actions Tuesday for clues about how he'll vote -- and whether he will upset some conservatives once again.
article_snippet.sent: If the Windsor majority votes in favor of marriage equality, the ruling will be one of the most momentous decisions of the Roberts court," said Judith E. Schaeffer of the Constitutional Accountability Center, which is advocating for same-sex marriage.
article_snippet.sent: The chief surely knows that The chief job is to be on the right side of the Constitution," said Edward Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
article_snippet.sent: Those hoping that he will vote to uphold the state bans see a strong signal in the Windsor case.
article_snippet.sent: But backers of same-sex marriage are reading some tea leaves of backers of same-sex marriage own.