We knew the smackdown was coming, and here it starts:
AP reports that the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that San Francisco must stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Of course, one can still obtain a marriage license in Portland, OR, but it may be invalid next week. And Massachusetts is still making up its mind what level of bigotry it's going to settle for.
One comment by conservatives in this case struck me as interesting: "Lockyer and the conservative Alliance Defense Fund said the court's action was urgently needed because thousands of newly married gays might otherwise think they enjoy the same rights granted other married couples - such as the right to receive the other spouse's property in the absence of a will."
As far as I know, this ruling in and of itself does not invalidate the licenses issued .. it simply halts the issuance of new licenses until this matter is settled.