Gay Marriage Ban Reinstatement Rejected by California High Court
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The California Supreme Court refused a request by backers of Proposition 8 to reinstate the measure, which banned gay marriage, after they lost a fight in the nation’s highest court to block same-sex weddings.
Proposition 8 supporters filed a lawsuit July 12 asking the state’s high court to order county clerks to enforce the gay-marriage ban, claiming the measure was still valid because a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month didn’t find it was unconstitutional. They sought an immediate injunction reinstating the law while the lawsuit proceeds.