JUDGE TOSSES CHALLENGE TO GA. AMENDMENT: From the Associated Press

In a victory for gay marriage opponents, a Fulton County judge has decided not to block a vote on a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages.
Superior Court Judge Constance Russell ruled Wednesday the court does not have the authority to intervene before the legislative process is finished.

Until the amendment has been voted on, it is the equivalent of a bill that has not yet made it through the Legislature, the judge said.

"The courts may not insert themselves into the legislative process prior to the enactment of laws any more than legislators may intervene in a jury's verdict or a judge's ruling in a specific case," Russell wrote.

Opponents of the gay marriage amendment said they will appeal to the state Supreme Court.

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