SSM ACTIVISTS PIN HOPE ON CALIF. LAWSUIT: From the Washington Blade

Following the California Supreme Court ruling last week that invalidated the marriages of nearly 4,000 same-sex couples, activists are now setting their sights on a lawsuit in the lower courts challenging the constitutionality of California's gay marriage ban. ...

Jennifer Pizer, senior staff attorney in Lambda Legal’s Los Angeles-based Western regional office, said that several cases challenging the validity of California's same-sex marriage ban have now been consolidated. She said the lawsuit is unlikely to reach the California Supreme Court for at least a year or more.

In a related development, California Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), who chairs the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Legislative Caucus, has authored a bill that would prohibit the state from denying marriage licenses to gays. He predicted the Marriage License Non Discrimination Act (AB 1967) will be on the governor’s desk this time next year.

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