Court : Court should n't have lifted a stay on same - sex marriages in California . A federal appeals court later ruled that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional , though it still issued a stay on same-sex marriages until the U.S. Supreme Court could weigh in . They ask for ` ` an immediate stay '' vacating that decision , after which weddings resume . A civil rights spokesman says the appeals court 's actions were ` ` entirely proper '' The Supreme Court paved the way for the appeals court 's move with a ruling Wednesday .
Court : Court should n't have lifted a stay on same - sex marriages in California . They ask for ` ` an immediate stay '' vacating that decision , after which weddings resume . A civil rights spokesman says the appeals court 's actions were ` ` entirely proper '' The Supreme Court paved the way for the appeals court 's move with a ruling Wednesday .