Same-sex marriage has skeptics on California Supreme Court
The justices pose varying questions during arguments over the constitutionality of the state's ban on same-sex marriage. They have 90 days to reach a decision.
By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
March 5, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO -- -- Four years after thousands of same-sex couples streamed into this liberal bastion to apply for marriage licenses, the California Supreme Court on Tuesday took up the question of whether gay people have a constitutional right to wed.

During more than three hours of arguments from lawyers for and against same-sex marriages, several justices appeared to be skeptical of legalizing the unions, suggesting they see the state's domestic partnerships as marriage in all but the name. the rest

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