CA High Court refuses to stay gay marriages

Topix Gay News  Jun 04 08

The California Supreme Court denied a request today to put its ruling allowing same-sex marriages on hold until after the November election, clearing the way for gay and lesbian weddings to begin June 17.

Opponents of the court's May 15 ruling had asked the justices to stay the decision until Californians vote Nov. 4 on a constitutional amendment that would overturn the court's decision.

The court denied the request for a stay by a 4-3 vote, the same margin by which the justices declared last month that a 31-year-old state law defining marriage as being between a man and a woman violated the state Constitution. Full story...

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