Judge Likely Won't Grant Prop. 8 Injunction

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge in San Francisco said Tuesday he is inclined not to grant a preliminary injunction against California's same-sex marriage ban, but instead to proceed "promptly" to a full trial on a legal challenge. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued the tentative ruling in a lawsuit filed on May 22 by two couples to challenge Proposition 8, the prohibition on gay and lesbian marriage enacted by California voters on Nov. 4. Walker had been scheduled to hold a hearing Thursday on the couples' request for a preliminary injunction suspending the measure. But in Tuesday's order, the judge said that granting a preliminary injunction in advance of a trial and a final decision in the case "may inject still further uncertainty in an important area of concern and interest to the state and its citizens." Instead,... [read full story]                    

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