California’s High Court to Rule on Marriage Ban
The California Supreme Court has agreed to examine the state's recently adopted marriage ban, scheduling a hearing for March. The court will decide whether Prop. 8 was a sweeping revision or a simple amendment to the state's constitution, and whether legally married same-sex couples should suffer a blanket divorce.
The California Supreme Court has agreed to examine the state’s recently adopted marriage ban, scheduling a hearing for March. The court will decide whether Prop. 8 was a sweeping revision or a simple amendment to the state’s constitution, and whether legally married same-sex couples should suffer a blanket divorce.
In the meantime, there will be no more same-sex marriages in California, a decision that should please supporters of the ban as well as the state’s attorney general, who argued accordingly.
WAIT BEFORE YOU GO...Los Angeles Times:
The California Supreme Court agreed [Wednesday] to review legal challenges to Prop. 8, the voter initiative that restored a ban on same-sex marriage, but refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a ruling.
Meeting in closed session, the state high court asked litigants on both sides for more written arguments and scheduled a hearing for next March. The court also signaled its intention to decide the fate of existing same-sex marriages, asking litigants to argue that question.
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