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On Saturday, June 14, same-sex couples will be able to marry in some counties, according to Stephen Weir, president of California’s county clerks association. Stephen Weir, who heads the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials.

The Office of Vital Records confirmed with Mr. Weir that clerks would be authorized to hand out marriage licenses as soon as that date — exactly 30 days after the California Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage should be legal.

An effort, however, is under way to stay the Supreme Court’s decision until voters can decide the issue with an initiative planned for the November ballot. The measure would overrule the justices’ decision and amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage.

Justices have until the ruling’s effective date to weigh the request, but could give themselves longer to consider it, attorneys have said. Another complicating factor is that the Supreme Court also directed a midlevel appeals court that upheld the state’s one man-one woman marriage laws a year ago to issue a new order legalizing same-sex marriage, and it’s not clear when the appeals court would comply.

According to Weir, it would be up to each county clerk to decide whether to open their offices to gay and lesbian couples on June 14 or to wait until the following Monday. Some clerks have said they would aim to accommodate on the earliest possible date, depending on their staffing and anticipated demand, he said. If the court’s decision does take effect on June 14, couples could, in theory, plan to obtain their licenses and take their vows at 12:01 a.m. that day, he said.

Source: SFGate