A SETBACK, NOT AN END: San Francisco Chronicle editorial

...The court action is a valuable chapter in a continuing debate on same-sex rights. It does undercut San Francisco's bold move by invalidating the same-sex marriages, but it also reminds the public that the courts, not politics, should have the final say. California voters chose in 2000 to define marriage as between a man and a woman, a stance echoed by Missouri voters last week. But judges in Oregon and Washington, along with those in Massachusetts, have sided with same-sex marriage arguments.

Eventually, a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court will be needed to lift the question out a political mud pit and place it on the higher ground of personal rights and basic equality. That would be the right ending, at last.

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