Supporters of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California, say they'll ask the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling today from a federal appeals court.

The court declared the ban to be unconstitutional. But the court also said gay marriages can't resume in the state until the deadline passes for supporters of the ban to appeal to a larger panel of the appeals court.

An attorney for a Christian legal aid group that helped defend the ban says, "No court should presume to redefine marriage." Brian Raum says it's no surprise that the court in San Francisco ruled the way it did -- but that he's confident that what he calls "the expressed will of the American people in favor of marriage will be upheld at the Supreme Court."

The founder of a gay rights group, meanwhile, calls today's ruling a "historic victory." Chad Griffin says it sends a message to gays in California and elsewhere that "you can't strip away a fundamental right."

The appeals panel's decision applies only to California.