State Supreme Court Appears Split On Gay Marriage

Wednesday, March 5, 2008 : The California Supreme Court heard nearly four hours of arguments yesterday on whether the state’s laws preventing same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. Much of the argument centered on the difference between marriage and domestic partnerships, which California passed in 2003 as AB 205. Associate Justice Ming Chin asked Deputy SF City Attorney Therese Stewart if she believed that the state’s domestic partnership offered a “substantial improvement” over previous law.