This just in....<br /><br /><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->SAN FRANCISCO – California&#39;s highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state&#39;s new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules.<br />The California Supreme Court accepted three lawsuits seeking to nullify Proposition 8, a voter-approved constitutional amendment that overruled the court&#39;s decision in May that legalized gay marriage.<br />All three cases claim the measure abridges the civil rights of a vulnerable minority group. They argue that voters alone did not have the authority to enact such a significant constitutional change.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->