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Court Dashes Couples' Hopes: No Same-Sex Weddings for Now

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By |March 23, 2011 3:14 p.m. |In Proposition 8
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A same-sex couple wearing wedding gowns walk hand-in-hand during a rally against the passage of Prop. 8 on Nov. 15, 2008 in San Francisco
Gay couples will not be allowed to marry while the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals considers an appeal of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling on Proposition 8.

The court on Wednesday denied a motion today to lift its stay of Walker's ruling that Prop. 8, which prohibits same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional, the Sac Bee reports. The motion was filed by the American Foundation for Equal Rights, an organization that is representing two same-sex couples who are challenging Prop. 8.

The court's decision on the appeal is expected to take a while, probably through the end of the year.

Shoshana Walter
Shoshana is the crime and punishment reporter for The Bay Citizen. Send/call tips to swalter@baycitizen.org or 415-821-8524. Before moving to the Mission, she wrote about runaway monkeys, murders and all sorts of mayhem as a ... View Profile
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