 SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- Opponents of California's newly legalized gay marriage law plan to ask the Supreme Court to stay their opinion until after the November election. That's when voters could decide on a constitutional amendment denying same sex marriage.
The Campaign for California Families has turned in more than a million signatures on its petition that would amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage, said Steve Crampton, the group's legal counsel.
"We are hoping that we will have some sort of formal action by the state certifying the signatures on the petition for the ballot initiative, before we file our motion to stay because that is the basis for our motion, said Crampton.
But San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is confident their request for a stay will fail.
"I think you've had four years to realize that the world's not coming to an end when gay people are getting married," said Newsom. He adds there's no way voters or judges are going to back away from gay marriage now.
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