Archive for August, 2009
Reuters : U.S. judge sets Jan 2010 federal gay marriage trial
Posted by snagale in Prop 8 News on August 19th, 2009
Excerpt: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 19 (Reuters) – The federal judge being asked to declare gay marriage a fundamental constitutional right on Wednesday set a January 2010 trial date and denied attempts by gay and conservative advocacy groups to join the case, already top-heavy with high profile lawyers.
About 30 lawyers crowded into a San Francisco courtroom hearing the challenge to California’s Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban, a high-risk venture that will set court policy for years, if it reaches the U.S. Supreme court.