California Awaits Supreme Court Prop 8 Decision

With six separate lawsuits filed to ask the state Supreme Court to overturn Prop. 8, we could find out as soon as, well, any second now if the state's highest court will review the constitutionality of a proposition that bans same-sex couples from getting married. Both sides of Prop 8, in fact, are eager to to get some sort of final word on this controversial civil-rights issue that's made worldwide headline since elections day. (Even Yes On 8 attorney Andrew Pugno says, "It’s just in everybody’s interest to get it done now.”) According to KCBS, "the court could choose not to hear those cases at all and return the matter to a lower court," which would mean more litigation in the future. Ugh. But another silver-lined possibility is a stay being issued, one that would allow same-sex marriages to resume until all the final decision is handed down.