Based upon an error in the plaintiffs brief, Judge James Warren
refused to halt the granting of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in the city of San Francisco:
The second judge told the plaintiffs that they would likely succeed on the merits eventually, but that for now, he couldn't accept their proposed court order because of a punctuation error.
For the time being, San Francisco will continue to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. As of the end of business today, approximately 2400 couples had been married.
While Judge Warren said the plaintiffs have a likelihood of succeeding in obtaining a restraining order, the fight will probably wind its way through the CA court system, eventually ending up in front of the CA Supreme Court:
Mayor Gavin Newsom has said the city will keep marrying gays until the courts order them to stop. And then, the city will pursue the constitutional challenge through the courts. Newsom says the equal protection clause of the California Constitution makes denying marriage licenses to gay couples illegal.
Congratulations to all the couples in San Francisco, and to Mayor Newsom. Keep up the good fight y'all. We'll certainly be taking up our side of the fight in MA.