SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gay and lesbian couples won another reprieve Friday when a judge declined to immediately stop San Francisco from granting them marriage licenses, saying conservative groups failed to prove the weddings would cause irreparable harm.
Judge Ronald Evans Quidachay denied the Campaign for California Families' request for a temporary restraining order, but said the group had the right to a hearing on their argument that the city is violating state law.
The conservative group argued that the weddings harmed all the Californians who voted in 2000 for Proposition 22, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman.
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The judge suggested that the rights of the gay and lesbian couples appeared to be more substantial.