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Gay Marriage Setbacks in S.F., Mass.

Gay rights activists crowd the Massachusetts statehouse, March 11, 2004.
Gay rights activists crowd the Massachusetts statehouse, March 11, 2004.

The California Supreme Court orders San Francisco to stop performing gay weddings. Meanwhile in Massachusetts, legislators give preliminary approval to a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriages and establish civil unions instead. Hear NPR's Richard Gonzales and NPR's Tovia Smith.

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