MTV.com - Choose or Lose - Headlines: "California Supreme Court Rules Same-Sex Marriages Null And Void
08.12.2004 2:49 PM EDT

The California Supreme Court said on Thursday that the nearly 4,000 same-sex marriages authorized by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in the last year are null and void.

The court ruled that Newsom overstepped his authority as mayor, and that the city of San Francisco violated the law by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in a monthlong wedding spree that began February 12."