The California Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit to remove the proposed marriage amendment from the 2008 California ballot. The Alliance Defense Fund called the lawsuit “a desperate effort to keep the amendment away from the democratic process.” Californians will now have the opportunity to preserve the traditional definition of marriage in their state. The San Francisco Chronicle reports. Excerpt:
Californians will get to vote in November on a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday.
In a unanimous order, without comment, the court dismissed a lawsuit by gay rights advocates seeking to remove an initiative sponsored by conservative religious groups from the Nov. 4 ballot. The measure, Proposition 8, would overturn the court's 4-3 ruling May 15 that allowed gay and lesbian couples to marry in California.
The LA Times also reports.