Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Proposition 8

  • A federal appeals court has declared Californias 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, concluding that the prohibition served no purpose other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling in Perry v.
  • (Sacramento Bee)
  • San Francisco (CNN)-- Californias voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Tuesday. The decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S.
  • (CNN)
  • A federal appeals court declared California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional today, overturning the statewide ban on same-sex marriage that had been approved by voters in 2008. In a 2-1 ruling, the Ninth U.S.
  • (San Francisco Gate)
  • Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- California's voter-backed Proposition 8 law declaring marriage to be only between a man and a woman was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court.
  • (Washington Post)
  • In the months leading up to the passage of Proposition 8 — the controversial 2008 California ballot initiative that bans gay marriage — some 18,000 same sex couples obtained marriage licenses.
  • (ABC News)
  • This story comes from the Yahoo! Contributor Network, where individuals publish their unique perspectives on some of the world's most popular websites.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Editors note: Shortly after a federal appeals court ruled against California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin answered questions about the implications of ruling and his reaction to it.
  • (CNN (blog))
  • The fight over Californias same-sex marriage ban has been presumed for years to be destined for the U.S. Supreme Court, and a lawyer for Proposition 8 backers confirmed today that theyll appeal this mornings decision one way or the other.
  • (Sacramento Bee)
  • The two legal superstars leading the fight against Proposition 8, California's voter-mandated ban on gay marriage, were chilling in New Orleans this weekend.
  • (Wall Street Journal)

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