A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday afternoon continued the stay on same-sex marriages until the court considers an appeal filed by proponents of the voter-approved ban on gay marriages.
Proposition 8 was ruled unconsitutional on Aug. 4 by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker. After issuing the ruling, a stay was put in place by Walker, but was then lifted last week by the judge, who said same-sex marriages could resume this Wednesday at 5 p.m.
The court will hear the Proposition 8 appeal case during the week of Dec. 6.
