San Francisco, CA – Tomorrow will be a historically significant occasion, as the California Supreme Court will hand down a decision in a four-year-old dispute over the constitutionality of California's marriage laws. Liberty Counsel represents the Campaign for California Families (CCF) in this precedent-setting case to defend California laws which uphold marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The Court has indicated that the opinion will be released at 10:00 a.m. PT (1:00 p.m. ET).

Mathew D. Staver, Founder of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, who argued the case in March before the Court, will be available for telephone interviews following the release of the opinion.

In February 2004, Liberty Counsel filed suit on behalf of CCF and its executive director, Randy Thomasson, to stop San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The California Supreme Court later ruled that the mayor did not have authority to issue the licenses based upon his personal belief that the marriage laws were unconstitutional.

Meanwhile, several same-sex couples and the City and County of San Francisco filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the marriage laws. Those lawsuits and Liberty Counsel's original action were consolidated and have gone through several court hearings and appeals, until finally reaching the California Supreme Court. In 2006, the California Court of Appeals upheld the state marriage laws in a 2-1 decision.