San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer let the city submit its factual record, but wound up deciding the case without using it.

So when Walker made it clear earlier this month that he wanted a record -- on such things as whether sexual orientation can be changed or whether gay marriages destabilize straight ones -- it was a hallelujah moment for Stewart and her colleagues.

"I'm not afraid of what the other side will try to prove," she said today. "We know what it is" and, she added, it will be easy to debunk.