SF same-sex nuptials in limbo, unclear if court will invalidate them
The California Supreme Court will issue its most closely watched decision in years when it rules on San Francisco's same-sex marriages sometime in the next three months. But the only real uncertainty is whether the court will tell 4,037 couples that their City Hall weddings were invalid. The justices made it clear during a nationally televised hearing that they believed Mayor Gavin Newsom lacked authority to authorize the marriage licenses in defiance of California's law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. So what will the court say about the marriages performed? One option, they'll be ruled invalid. The other is that the court will decide not to resolve the validity of the unions, at least until the status of the state's marriage law is settled. As far as the city and advocates of same-sex marriage are concerned, the less the court says now about the issue, the better. SF Gate
"We Do: A Celebration of Gay and Lesbian Marriage," a collection of black-and-white photos and text with an introduction by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is out now from Chronicle Books. "We Do" is the brainchild of San Francisco literary agent Amy Rennert and designer Louise Kollenbaum. Partners for 17 years, they were married at City Hall on February 17th. SF Gate
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