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aclu.org - 11/6/2008
California Will Continue to Honor Marriages of Same-Sex Couples Who Married Before the Possible Passage of Prop. 8
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Attorney General, Equality California, and the nation's leading LGBT legal groups agree that the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who married between June 16, 2008 and the possible passage of Proposition 8 are still valid in the state of ...
latimes.com - 11/5/2008
California voters approve Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriages - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — "We caused Californians to rethink this issue," Proposition 8 strategist Jeff Flint said. Early in the campaign,... he noted, polls showed the measure trailing by 17 points. "I think the voters were thinking, well, if it makes them happy, why shouldn't ... (more) California voters approve Proposition 8 ban on same-sex ...
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volokh.com - 11/5/2008
What Will Happen to California Same-Sex Marriages?
— volokh.com — California voters seem to have enacted Prop. 8, a constitutional amendment that states, "Only marriage between a... man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." What happens to all... (more) What Will Happen to California Same-Sex Marriages?
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  Those Already Married In California

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Those Already Married In California
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Will not be divorced: The California Attorney General, Equality California, and the nation's leading LGBT legal groups agree that the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who married between June 16, 2008 and the possible passage of Proposition 8 are still valid in the state of California and must continue to be honored by the state. Now those 18,000 married couples will be the prime argument for reversing this in due course. At the ballot box. This is how inter-racial marriage became accepted: because of the wonderfully ...

Repeal DOMA &tc.
The Moderate Voice — ... The California Attorney General, Equality California, and the nation’s leading LGBT legal groups agree that the marriages between June 16, 2008 and election day are still valid. ...

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