California's highest court will hear oral arguments early next month in legal challenges to the state's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban.
The state Supreme Court has scheduled a March 5, 2009 hearing date for oral arguments in a series of lawsuits seeking to overturn Proposition 8.
Gay couples, several local governments and Attorney General Jerry Brown maintain the ballot initiative, which passed with 52 percent of the vote, is unconstitutional.
If it opts to uphold the measure, the court has said it will also decide whether the 18,000 same-sex marriages performed when gay marriage was legal in California are valid.
After hearing arguments, the court's seven justices will have 90 days in which to issue a ruling.
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