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Same Sex Marriages Dealt Blows in SF and Mass.

HeadlineMar 12, 2004

The California Supreme Court has unanimously ordered San Francisco to stop marrying same sex couples until the court rules on the legality of the city’s actions. Since Feb. 12, over 4,100 same sex couples have received marriage licenses and other cities around the country have followed suit. The court’s action left the news marriages intact at least, but in jeopardy. According to the Los Angeles Times, the court will decide a fairly narrow question: whether San Francisco officials had the authority to deem a state law unconstitutional. Meanwhile in Massachusetts the state legislature gave preliminary approval Thursday to an amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage but establishing civil unions for gay couples. President Bush spoke out against same sex marriages again last night speaking before the national convention of the National Association of Evangelicals. According to the New York Times, the group of 30 million Evangelicals is well aware of its clout in Washington. A slogan on the back of the convention program read: “What Can 30 Million Evangelicals Do For America? Anything We Want.”

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