Gay rights lawyers say signers of the petition for the initiative were misled. Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown urges the California high court to reject that argument. SAN FRANCISCO -- When voters were asked to sign petitions for a November initiative to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples, they were told the measure would not change state law, which at the time banned same-sex marriage. But then, after the signatures were gathered, the California Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples were entitled to wed. Now supporters of gay marriage are asking the state high court to take the initiative off the ...