The Supreme Court holds that the law prohibiting recognition of state-sanctioned same-sex marriages for federal purposes unconstitutionally violates equal protection principles.

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A federal judge in California said a trial on the constitutionality of the state’s ban on gay marriage can be put on YouTube, marking the first time a federal trial will be broadcasted, a lawyer in the case said. Over ...

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Theodore Olson, the lawyer who won the 2000 Supreme Court case that made George W. Bush president, might have been the natural choice to argue in favor of California’s same-sex marriage ban. “I said no, I did not want to ...

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The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that outlawed same-sex weddings, a practice that is now legal in four other states. The court legalized gay marriage a year ago before California voters overruled it in November. Fifty-two ...

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The California Supreme Court, which legalized gay marriage in 2008, considered Thursday whether it was unconstitutional for voters to outlaw same-sex weddings in a ballot measure that sparked protests and calls for boycotts against its supporters. Gay and civil rights ...

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Well, isn’t that just like Hollywood? It isn’t enough that the movie crowd tries to brainwash America through lefty films? In case you didn’t feel like spending your time and money on trashy propaganda, they use the Academy Award stage ...

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The California Supreme Court will consider on March 5 whether to overturn a voter-approved ballot measure that repealed its ruling legalizing same-sex marriages, a court official said. The court scheduled oral arguments in three lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of Proposition ...

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