Couples Cautiously Optimistic About Judge's Ruling
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP/KCBS) - There's a buzz in the air in San Francisco, where same-sex weddings will resume on Wednesday, unless federal judges intervene.
Couples said they are ready to say "I do."
Judge Vaughn Walker recently found that Prop. 8, passed by California voters in 2008, was unconstitutional. Walker then said same-sex couples could begin marrying Wednesday unless the appeals court steps in.
The sponsors of California's gay marriage ban have asked an appeals court to stop a federal judge's order allowing same-sex weddings to begin.
The lawyers defending Proposition 8 asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to impose a stay that would halt gay marriages while the court considers the judge's ruling that struck down the ban.
Nonetheless, same-sex couples remain optimistic that they will be able to wed this week.
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"Whenever it is, we will get married," declared Teresa Rowe and Kristin Orbin, a Suisun City couple together for five years. "But we're planning for it to be Wednesday, the Maid of Honor's planning to drive up from Coalinga, California, the Best Man's got his suit and tie all picked out and ready to go."
