A same-sex marriage supporter wears a rainbow cape behind 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a court hearing May 13, 2014 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

Same-sex marriage is now legal in Virginia, Indiana, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Utah after the Supreme Court denied to review cases from the five states.

BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects gay marriage appeals from 5 states.

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 6, 2014

While the ruling has opened the door to marriage equality in these five states, plus six others, it’s not yet known when marriages will begin. Same-sex marriages were put on hold while the cases were in front of the Supreme Court. Now lower court decisions ruling same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional are back in effect.

Clerks in Virginia were prepared to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in August following a Fourth Circuit ruling overturning the ban, but a Supreme Court stay put a hold on that.

Virginia’s Attorney General Mark Herring, a strong supporter of marriage equality, said marriages may begin in the commonwealth later today.

We are in contact w/ 4th circuit on exact timing, but we’re expecting that marriages between same-sex couples can happen later today.

— AG Mark Herring (@AGMarkHerring) October 6, 2014

Same-sex marriages were conducted in Utah in December 2013 and in Indiana and Wisconsin in June 2014, but put on hold after a Supreme Court stay.