Calif. AG ask appeals court to allow weddings

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's attorney general says same-sex weddings should be allowed immediately, after a federal judge ruled the state's gay marriage ban is unconstitutional.

Attorney General Jerry Brown urged the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to lift the ban while it considers an appeal in the case.

A lower court judge struck down Proposition 8 on Aug. 4 but gave the 9th Circuit until next Wednesday to decide whether to keep the ban in place during the appeal.

Brown filed the papers late Friday.

Brown is named as a defendant in the lawsuit by two same-sex couples, but has refused to defend Proposition 8 in court. Sponsors of Proposition 8 defended the ban instead.

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