State Supreme Court orders halt to gay ‘marriages’

The California Supreme Court ordered an immediate halt to the issuing of marriage licenses to homosexual couples in San Francisco on March 11.

The court did not make a final ruling on the legality of homosexual “marriages,” saying they would hear such a case in May or June.

The Supreme Court’s action came two weeks after state Attorney General Bill Lockyer and the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based pro-family group, asked the justices to block San Francisco officials from issuing homosexual marriage licenses in defiance of state law.

Over 3,700 homosexual couples have received marriage licenses at San Francisco’s City Hall since Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered his administration to issue the paperwork Feb. 12. The “marriages” were immediately challenged by President Bush, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and conservative groups who pointed out that California state law defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman.

— E.P. News