SAN FRANCISCO, March 11 -- The California Supreme Court on Thursday ordered city officials here to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, bringing at least a temporary end to a monthlong experiment that had thrust San Francisco to the forefront of a national debate on gay marriage.
"Effective immediately, we are stopping the issuance and recordation of same-sex marriage licenses," the city's assessor-recorder, Mabel S. Teng, announced at a news conference after receiving word of the court's unanimous decision.
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Mayor Gavin Newsom said the city would continue to challenge the constitutionality of the state's ban in court. The city filed a lawsuit Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court raising some of its concerns.
"I believe confidently that when we get to the constitutional question, I will prevail," Mr. Newsom said at a news conference. "But I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't other setbacks in this process. This is the beginning of a struggle, hardly the end."
And, here's Howie Kurtz, a week ago Monday, demonstrating his remarkable insight and accuracy:
Instead, regardless of whether you believe [Mayor Gavin Newsom] he is leading a great cause, he chose to openly defy that law by ordering the granting of the licenses. (The law in question, by the way, is one that was approved by Californians through the initiative process.) Moore ultimately lost his job, and rightly so, for defying subsequent court orders to remove the 10 Commandments display. Presumably, the mayor will defy the courts if he loses the legal battle.
Presumably, the Post doesn't care how big an embarassment the Putz is.
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