Calif. attorney general to ask state Court for gay-marriage ruling

[rodbarnett]

SAN JOSE, Calif. - (KRT) - Aiming to shortcut an expected lengthy legal battle, Attorney General Bill Lockyer late Monday said he plans to appeal directly to the California Supreme Court to decide whether San Francisco's granting of marriage licenses to same-sex couples is legal.

Lockyer, who has been criticized by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other Republicans for not moving fast enough to end same-sex marriages in the city, said in a statement that "immediate action by highest state court is necessary because this is a matter of statewide concern and urgency

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The war of words between Schwarzenegger and Lockyer continued as late as Monday, when the attorney general publicly chastised the governor for overstepping his bounds and making political hay out of the situation.

The issue has taken on new political significance with just a week to go before the March 2 primary.

On Monday, U.S. Senate candidate Howard Kaloogian's campaign spokesman said the GOP conservative was thinking about joining forces with Ted Costa, an early leader of the recall movement that ousted former Gov. Gray Davis last fall, to launch a recall of Lockyer. As of late Monday, Kaloogian spokesman Bob Taylor said no final decision had been made on a recall effort.

One of the plaintiffs suing the city was planning to hold a press conference on Tuesday with Republican congressional candidate and former California Attorney General Dan Lungren to urge Lockyer to act.

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/nation/8025092.htm

comment : here we go again : those crazy californians and their silly recalls

[BayCityProgressive]

1. GOD I hate republicans.

[yellowcanine]

2. Bring it on, gropebutt: Greater threat - gay marriage or buttgroping?

I welcome the debate about which is the greater threat to marriage - gay marriages or buttgroping husbands?