Prop. 8 backers ask court to stop weddings
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
After being turned away by the U.S. Supreme Court, sponsors of California's ban on same-sex marriage turned to the state's high court Friday, asking for a halt to the weddings that started two weeks ago and a ruling that Proposition 8 is still legally binding.
Gov. Jerry Brown lacked authority to order all 58 county clerks to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples because he relied on a ruling that granted marital rights to only two couples, lawyers for the proponents of the 2008 ballot measure argued in a new lawsuit in the state Supreme Court.
"Executive officials have attacked, failed to enforce, and undermined state laws affirming traditional marriage," said attorneys with Protect Marriage, which sponsored Prop.8, and Alliance Defending Freedom, another conservative Christian organization.
They said the only source of Brown's order was a 2010 ruling by a federal judge who, they argued, had no power to block the statewide enforcement of a voter-approved initiative or to control the local clerks who issue marriage licenses.
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