The California Supreme Court, voting along the same lines as it did in its original ruling, refused to stay its decision legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. The court did this despite the fact that California voters will have the opportunity in November to vote to limit marriage to a man and a woman, which will overturn the court’s decision. Because of today’s ruling, gay couples will be able to begin marrying on Tuesday, June 17. But what happens if the ballot initiative passes on Nov. 4? Those four California Supreme Court justices must love chaos.

In a 4-3 decision today, the California Supreme Court decided to ignore the wishes of the state’s voters by overturning a ban on gay marriage in the biggest state in the country. According to the Associated Press, one of the three dissenting justices, Marvin Baxter, wrote that he agreed with many arguments of the majority but that the court had overstepped its authority, adding that changes to marriage laws should be decided by the voters. And voters in California may have another chance in November, when a measure that would enshrine laws banning gay marriage in the state constitution could possibly appear on the ballot. The state’s secretary of state still needs to rule whether the measure’s sponsors have enough signatures to place the marriage amendment on the ballot. If the amendment comes to a vote and passes, today’s decision would be voided.

A year ago, the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina decided to take a hard line on churches that either affirm or endorse homosexual behavior. And at the convention’s meeting in Greensboro today, Myers Park Baptist Church of Charlotte became the first church to be expelled under the rule by an overwhelming vote of the nearly 3,000 delegates in attendance. It should be noted that Myers Park Baptist, a member of the state convention since 1943, has not sent any representatives to the annual convention in the past eight years and only contributed $250 to the organization last year. The church was not under investigation by the convention, and its violation of the new rule was brought to the convention’s attention by leaders from Myers Park Baptist. “[Myers Park] has chosen to exclude itself from fellowship,” Allan Blume, president of the convention’s board of directors, told the gathering.