SAN FRANCISCO -- A coalition of gay rights groups says a federal court suit challenging California's gay marriage ban is premature.
The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and other national organizations issued a statement Wednesday saying they don't think the U.S. Supreme Court is ready to issue a favorable ruling on the issue.
The statement came one day after high-profile lawyers Theodore B. Olson and David Boies _ who represented opposing sides in the 2000 Bush v. Gore challenge _ announced they had filed the federal court challenge.
That was the same day that California's Supreme Court upheld the voter-approved ban on gay marriage.
Gay rights activists in California want to win marriage back for same-sex couples by going back to voters.
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