9th Circuit Court lifts stay on same-sex marriage effective immediately

[tandot]

Just announced at KCRA

here is the PDF from the court:

http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/general/2013/06/28/Document%2844%29.pdf

Link to KCRA:

http://www.kcra.com/news/federal-appeals-court-samesex-marriages-can-resume-in-calif/-/11797728/20766008/-/ymudxi/-/index.html

[longship]

1. What SCOTUS wouldn't do; 9th Dist Appeals Court can do.

CAN DO!!!!!



R&

[tandot]

2. I thought they'd wait the full 25 days to wait if the other side wants to have another hearing

I am so glad that they didn't.

My sister is planning to come from OK to marry her partner.

[longship]

5. Good for her, and all others who will go to CA to celebrate this. nt

[Starry Messenger]

3. k&r

[pnwmom]

4. Let the weddings begin!

Here is another report on that.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130628/us-gay-marriage-california/?utm_hp_ref=homepage&ir=homepage

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the state of California to immediately resume issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after a 4 1/2-year freeze.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a brief order saying it has dissolved a stay it imposed on gay marriages while a lawsuit challenging the state's voter-approved ban on such unions worked its way through the courts.

Matt Dorsey, a spokesman for San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, said city officials were preparing to let couples marry right away.

Just minutes after the appeals court issued its order, the two lead plaintiffs in the case were standing in line at San Francisco City Hall to get a marriage license. They planned to wed at 4:15 p.m., with state Attorney General Kamala Harris officiating, according to the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which brought the lawsuit.

SNIP