campaignsilo.firedoglake.com - 5/26/2009
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Today is the Day of Decision for the California Supremes on marriage equality. The High Court will announce its decisions at 10am Pacific Time. Will Proposition 8 be upheld or overturned? Will the Rainbow Window marriages stand, or will they be invalidated?
No one ...
lawdork.wordpress.com - 5/26/2009
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lawdork.wordpress.com —
[UPDATE: Thanks to Pam Spaulding for echoing and
expanding on my thoughts here.] In less than ten...
hours, many people — hundreds of thousands, millions even — are going to be saddened, angered by the decision of the Supreme Court of ...
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Anger, Leadership and Change
michellemalkin.com - 5/26/2009
latimes.com - 5/26/2009
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latimes.com —
That made California the second state in the
union, after Massachusetts, to permit same-sex marriage. About 18,000...
gay and lesbian couples married between June and November, when voters approved Proposition 8, which amended the state Constitution to ...
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California Supreme Court to issue Prop. 8 decision today ...
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Prop 8 Decision at 10am PT
TalkLeft —
Teddy at Firedoglake tells us what to expect from the Prop 8 decision. He says there are two questions and three possible scenarios. The opinion will be released here at 10 am PT. The Court's Prop 8 page (with prior rulings, briefs and background) is here. [More...] From Teddy: Question One: The first question is whether or not Proposition 8 is such a sweeping change to the California constitution that it should have been handled differently; fundamental rights of a minority should not be put to a vote. ...
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Proposition 8 case headed back to court
mercurynews.com 10/12/2009 — The legal showdown over California's ban on gay marriage heats up again this week as a federal judge considers an attempt to short-circuit the challenge to Proposition 8, the voter-approved law putting a halt to same-sex weddings in this state. On ...
Prop 8 upheld by CA court —
First Read 5/26/2009
From NBC's Harry EntenThe other news this afternoon, "The California Supreme Court today upheld Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage but also ruled that gay couples who wed before the election will continue to be married under state law," the L.A. ...
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