Calif. Supreme Court Hears Gay Marriage Case Next Week

[WillParkinson]

(San Francisco, California) With one week to go until the California Supreme Court hears arguments for and against same-sex marriage gay and lesbian couples throughout the state are making plans to attend the landmark hearing.
The court has scheduled three hours for oral arguments on March 4. The justices then have 90 days to issue a ruling. If the case is successful it would make California the second state in the nation to allow same-sex couples to legally marry and likely lead to a rush for June weddings.

The case dates back to 2004 when San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Some 8,000 couples exchanged vows before the state Supreme Court ruled Newsom had acted illegally.

The court nullified the marriages but said its ruling dealt only with Newsom's actions. The justices said at the time the question of whether barring same-sex couples from marrying violated the state's equal protection clause of its constitution was a separate matter


http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/02/022608ccourt.htm

[LeftCoast]

1. I am cautiously optimistic

The CA court tends to rule fairly, and by my reading of the CA constitution I feel our side has a strong case. Additionally, a huge number of Friend of the Court filings have been made by some very large companies on the pro-gay side. That's a lot of money spent on some heavy duty legal insight in favor of out team. :)