Tuesday, May 26, 2009

News Alert: California Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Gay Marriage

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 -- 1:36 PM ET
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California Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Gay Marriage

The California Supreme Court upheld a ban on same-sex
marriage today, ratifying a decision made by voters last year
that runs counter to a growing trend of states allowing the
practice.

The decision, however, preserves the 18,000 marriages
performed between the court's decision last May that same-sex
marriage was lawful and the passage by voters in November of
Proposition 8, which banned it.

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