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Appeals court puts California's gay marriages on hold
Aug 17, 2010, 1:08 GMT
San Francisco - A federal appellate court on Monday froze the implementation of gay marriage in California until at least December, when a three-judge panel will hear arguments in the case.
The issue to be debated in December will be whether gay-marriage opponents have legal standing to appeal a decision earlier this month by federal District Judge Vaughn Walker, who overturned California's ban on gay marriage.
The appeals court order blocks the resumption of same-sex marriages until after the case is heard.
Walker's ruling would have allowed marriage licenses to be issued to gay and lesbian couples as early as Wednesday.
He threw out California's ban on same-sex marriage, saying that the voter-approved restriction violated the US Constitution. Walker's ruling overturned a 2009 decision by California's state supreme court, which had upheld a statewide referendum in 2008 that reserved marriage for two people of the opposite sex.
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