Federal Judge Will Not Stay Prop 8 While Gay Marriage Lawsuit Proceeds

A federal judge in San Francisco said Tuesday that he is disinclined to suspend California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage while a lawsuit challenging it as a violation of the U.S. Constitution proceeds in his court. In a tentative order, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker said he would rather move directly to a speedy trial on the case's merits than grant a preliminary injunction that would temporarily allow gay nuptials. "Because entering a preliminary injunction may raise novel concerns that could be avoided through a prompt decision on the merits, the court's tentative plan is instead to proceed expeditiously to trial," Walker wrote. Full Story from The Herald

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