Court defers ruling on California same-sex marriage

[RandySF]

CNN) -- A federal appeals court in San Francisco, California, decided Tuesday to indefinitely delay consideration of a controversial case regarding the constitutionality of that state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.

The decision from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals asks the Supreme Court of California to consider the issue of "standing" -- whether state or county officials have the authority to defend Proposition 8, the 2008 initiative defining marriage as only between one man and one woman.

Top state officials -- including former attorney general and current Gov. Jerry Brown -- have refused to defend the initiative in court, setting up a unresolved fight over the so-called "gateway" legal issue.


http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/04/california.gay.marriage/

[Ozymanithrax]

1. I detest the word indefinite... n/t

[bemildred]

2. Delay is denial.

"Speedy justice" is the first thing to go.