Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Will they? Won't they? They will-

Queerty says "friends" at Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund are leaking that the California Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage will come out tomorrow. They are planning rallies.

The Court has announced the decision will be released tomorrow at 10a PDT. Prediction: they will kick it back to the Legislature, as Washington and New Jersey's courts have done.

SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA

NOTICE OF

FORTHCOMING FILING

The Supreme Court has indicated that the filing of a written opinion in the following case(s) is forthcoming. At the filing time designated below, the filed opinion(s) will be accessible at the judicial branch web site (www.courtinfo.ca.gov) and copies will be made available at the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office.

[Generally, the description set out with regard to each case is reproduced from the original news release issued when review in the matter was granted, and is provided for the convenience of the public and the press. The description does not necessarily reflect the view of the court, or define the specific issues that will be addressed by the court.]

IN RE MARRIAGE CASES

S147999 (A110449, A110450, A110451, A110463, A110651, A110652

San Francisco County JCCP – 4365)

Argued in San Francisco 3-04-08

This case includes the following issue: Does California’s statutory ban on marriage between two persons of the same sex violate the California Constitution by denying equal protection of the laws on the basis of sexual orientation or sex, by infringing on the fundamental right to marry, or by denying the right to privacy and freedom of expression?

Opinion(s) in the above case(s) will be filed on:

Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.

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