The legal war over same-sex marriage in California reaches a new milestone Monday when lawyers for gay and lesbian couples, religious conservatives, the city of San Francisco and the state will appear before an appellate court for a marathon hearing.
It will be the first time since state lawmakers defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman in 1977 that the constitutionality of the law has been debated in a state Court of Appeal, which under California law has the power to set statewide legal precedents. Although the case is almost certainly headed for the state Supreme Court next year, participants say the appellate ruling, due by October, will affect the debate. Click here for more.
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