The initial panel decision on Proposition 8, from February, did not weigh in on whether the Constitution guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry.
Clearly Gibson's decision to proposition the detective sergeant in the street has huge ramifications and is troubling to her male colleagues – but she refuses to apologise.
Andy Pugno, the general counsel for ProtectMarriage.com, said the court had rushed a decision on Proposition 8, the state's ban on same-sex marriage, and called it a "disgraceful day for California".
A federal judge, Vaughn Walker, had set 5 P.M. on Wednesday, August 18th, as the moment when a stay on his decision declaring Proposition 8, the state's referendum banning same-sex marriages, unconstitutional would expire.
Campaigners are also watching the Supreme Court to find out if it will decide to review a 9th circuit court of appeals decision on Proposition 8, a ban on same-sex marriage that was approved by Californian voters four years ago.
On Tuesday, Mr. Lok and Mr. French will discover what that license means in the eyes of the law, as the California Supreme Court hands down its decision on Proposition 8, the voter initiative passed in November that outlawed same-sex marriage.
If California rejoins that list at the end of next month, due to a Supreme Court decision overturning Proposition 8, its gay-marriage ban, either on procedural or substantive grounds, over a third of the United States population will live in a state with marriage equality.
For information on the Court's less sweeping decision about Proposition 8, click here.
It is axiomatic that voters cannot make informed decisions on propositions if there are too many for them to read or follow.
