Jun 12, 2009 1:06 pm US/Pacific
Gov., Brown Oppose Suspending Gay Marriage Ban
Doing so would create too much uncertainty, they say.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ―
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Same-sex marriage demonstrators in front of San Francisco City Hall as the California Supreme Court ruled to uphold a voter-approved ban on same-sex unions, Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
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California Attorney General Jerry Brown and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger are opposing an effort to lift the state's ban on same-sex marriage while a lawsuit challenging Proposition 8 makes it way through the federal courts.
Brown and a private lawyer for Schwarzenegger wrote in papers filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco late Thursday that allowing same-sex couples to resume marrying now would create too much uncertainty.
The attorney general didn't take a position on the validity of the lawsuit seeking to win same-sex marriage rights by framing the issue as a federal civil right. It was filed on behalf of two unmarried gay couples last month. A hearing is scheduled for July 2.
On May 26, the California Supreme Court upheld the same-sex marriage ban.
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