SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS/AP) -- A judge ruled Thursday California’s voter approved ban on same-sex marriage will remain in effect while a case against it proceeds through federal court.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker refused to issue an injunction lifting Proposition 8, but promised the case to determine the initiatives validity would be brought to trial quickly.
Walker acknowledged that trial would probably not settle the issue, and regardless of the appeals courts decision he anticipated the litigants petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court.
KCBS’ Bob Melrose reports the U.S. District courtroom in San Francisco was packed with supporters from both sides and an overflow room was set up to allow the crowds to listen in on the hearing.
Proposition 8 was placed on the November ballot to overturn a California Supreme Court decision earlier in the year that legalized gay marriage.
Governor Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown are both named as defendants in the lawsuit. They have argued against lifting the ban, saying that allowing same-sex marriages to resume would create confusion for couples and for the state.
KCBS' Bob Melrose reports
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