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Posted: 4:39 PM Aug 27, 2010
Same Sex Marriage Put on Hold
The rush to the altar has been put on indefinite hold again in California.
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Monday evening a federal appeals court put the brakes on same sex marriage.
There will be no long lines at California county courthouses in the near future.
Same sex couples were just hours away from being allowed to legally tie the knot in the state until a federal appeals court blocked the unions Monday evening.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals extended a stay banning same sex marriages. That stay was due to expire Wednesday evening and many California communities expected to issue hundreds of marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
Just last week the same federal judge who ruled proposition 8, the state's ban on same sex marriages, unconstitutional ... Left it up to the 9th Circuit Court to decide whether the stay should remain. Opponents immediately appealed to the higher court.
Andy Pugno with general counsel for protectmarriage.com said, “For the time being the vote of the people has been upheld and we don't always see that. People sometimes get frustrated to see their vote struck down but today they should be happy.”
Supporters of same sex marriage, while dealt yet another setback, maintain the ban discriminates against gay and lesbians.
Same sex couples can legally wed only in Massachusetts, Iowa, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Washington, D.C.
Whether California joins this list -- may ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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