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Gay marriage backers ask high court to decline California case
Source: Reuters
Gay marriage backers ask high court to decline California case
By Dan Levine
Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:23pm EDT
(Reuters) - Two California couples asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to refuse to hear an appeal by gay marriage foes, an outcome that would let same-sex marriage stand in the nation's most populous state.
Two lower courts have struck down the 2008 ban known as Proposition 8, and last month backers of the measure asked the Supreme Court to step in.
Their request came a week after the high court was asked to review a separate Massachusetts case challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman.
The two petitions moved the politically charged issue of marriage rights for gay men and lesbians one step closer to a potential review by the Supreme Court in the weeks before the November 6 U.S. presidential election.
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By Dan Levine
Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:23pm EDT
(Reuters) - Two California couples asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to refuse to hear an appeal by gay marriage foes, an outcome that would let same-sex marriage stand in the nation's most populous state.
Two lower courts have struck down the 2008 ban known as Proposition 8, and last month backers of the measure asked the Supreme Court to step in.
Their request came a week after the high court was asked to review a separate Massachusetts case challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman.
The two petitions moved the politically charged issue of marriage rights for gay men and lesbians one step closer to a potential review by the Supreme Court in the weeks before the November 6 U.S. presidential election.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/24/us-usa-gaymarriage-california-idUSBRE87N12I20120824