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Calif. Court Will Not Hear Gay Marriage Challenge

By LISA LEFF, Associated Press | July 17, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear a challenge to a ballot initiative that seeks to ban same-sex marriages.

The unanimous decision means that, barring further legal action, voters will consider a constitutional amendment in November that would again limit marriage in California to a union between a man and a woman. The court did not give a reason for deciding not to accept the case.

"This was a frivolous lawsuit. It was a desperate attempt to try to keep the voter initiative off the ballot in November," an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund representing the measure's sponsors, Glen Lavy, said.


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