Alliance Defending Freedom petitioned the Supreme Court stating the 9th Circuit lacked authority to remove its stay regarding Proposition 8, the ban on same sex marriage. On June 28, 2013, the 9th Circuit lifted its stay of the district court’s ruling, enabling same-sex marriages to resume.
According to Reuters, The American Foundation for Equal Rights, which sponsored the federal court challenge to Prop 8, issued a statement insisting that the 9th Circuit acted under its own “broad discretion” to issue its stay in the first place.