http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/12/122004calCourt.htmThe long march up the legal aisle to the California Supreme Court for same-sex couples seeking to marry begins this week in San Francisco.
Lawyers for both sides in the gay marriage issue will present oral arguments Wednesday in Superior Court in San Francisco. Ultimately the state Supreme Court will decide whether California's Constitution is violated by a law barring same-sex marriage.
Last February San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom began allowing marriage licenses to be issued to same-sex couples. (story) More than 4,000 gay and lesbian couples were married before the California Supreme Court ruled that Newsom had exceeded his power in granting the licenses. (story) But, the court did not take up the issue of gay marriage itself, saying court cases challenging the constitutionality on the state law should work their way through the lower courts first.
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