Wednesday, July 24, 2013

California Supreme Court denies San Diego clerk's request to halt same-sex marriages


On Tuesday the California Supreme Court denied a request filed by San Diego County Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg to halt gay marriages in California until the Court can review whether Proposition 8 is still law in all but two counties, the AP reports.

The court will not consider that issue until August. In the meantime same-sex marriages are able to continue state-wide without interruption.

Although Dronenburg claims to be only seeking clarification from the court, he has chosen as his representative, "Rancho Santa Fe lawyer Charles LiMandri, who donated $10,000 and loaned another $27,000 to the campaigns to qualify and pass Proposition 8, according to state campaign finance records," calling into question his true motives for filing in the first place.

Read more at Towleroad.

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