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Gay Marriage Opponents File Suit in S.F. 29 minutes ago By LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO - Opponents of gay marriage went to court Friday to stop an extraordinary act of ongoing civil disobedience in which San Francisco has issued more than 150 marriage licenses to gay couples. Weddings appeared likely to continue through the long holiday weekend despite efforts by the Campaign for California Families and the Alliance Defense Fund to obtain a temporary restraining order that would prevent the city from granting more licenses. A Superior Court hearing was scheduled Friday afternoon. Around the country, gays...

<p>SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco officials presided over the marriages of at least 15 same-sex couples Thursday and issued about a dozen more marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.</p> <p>The act of civil disobedience was a political and legal challenge to California law. It pre-empted the efforts of the Campaign for California Families (search) to block Mayor Gavin Newsom's plan to license same-sex marriages (search).</p>

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