California attorney general calls for resumption of same-sex weddings in the state

Calif attorney general calls for same-sex weddings

SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a motion calling for resumption of same-sex weddings in the state.

Brown filed the motion after U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker overturned Proposition 8, California’s voter-approved gay marriage ban.

Walker ruled the law violates federal equal protections and due process laws.

However, he agreed to block gay marriages from immediately resuming until he can consider arguments on whether to keep the ban in effect while its supporters take their appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

It was unclear when Walker would issue a ruling on that issue.