The effort to repeal California's Proposition 8 failed on Monday to qualify for the 2010 ballot.
The antigay measure will likely remain in place until 2012 unless a federal court overturns the measure, according to Reuters.
With several polls showing more than 50 percent support for same-sex marriage, Love Honor Cherish still did not have enough time to secure a victory after the signature-gathering effort. The 150-day period they had in order to gather 694,354 signatures ended on Monday. It is unknown how many signatures were collected.
A San Francisco federal court is weighing whether the U.S. Constitution prohibits Proposition 8, which defined marriage as a union of a man and a woman. That battle is expected to be appealed up to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Rick Jacobs, head of the Courage Campaign said, "That trial I think is the most import single event in the modern LGBT equality movement."
"If the court rules that Prop 8 is unconstitutional, that is going to catalyze folks on both sides," he said.
Love Honor Cherish Executive Director John Henning said if voters overturned Proposition 8 in 2012, it could effectively take the issue out of the Court's hands.
According to SF Gate, Ron Prentice, executive director of ProtectMarriage.com, the folks who brought you Prop. 8, made this statement:
"This effort's failing is due to dissension between the many organizations claiming leadership, and the lack of significant funding. Although much has been made of recent polls, similar polls taken before the Prop 8 vote in 2008 also forecast a majority in favor of changing the institution of marriage. All have been proven wrong."
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