Proposition 8: February 2012

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Proposition 8: February 2012

Prop 8 Supporters Ask For Full Ninth Circuit Review

Jillian Rayfield | February 22, 2012, 11:17AM

Supporters of Proposition 8, California's ban on gay marriage, are asking the Ninth Circuit to review the decision by a three-judge panel that declared the measure unconstitutional.

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Topics: California, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Proposition 8, Same sex marriage

Proposition 8: What Happens Next?

Jillian Rayfield | February 8, 2012, 6:18AM

Now that a Ninth Circuit panel has ruled that California's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, it seems inevitable that the ruling on Proposition 8 will eventually be appealed to the Supreme Court. But whether the Supreme Court agrees to hear it is another story.

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Topics: Gay Rights, Marriage Equality, Proposition 8, Supreme Court

Proposition 8

Ninth Circuit Rules Prop 8 Is Unconstitutional

Jillian Rayfield | February 7, 2012, 12:59PM

Gay rights activists celebrate following a federal court's overturning of Prop 8, California's same-sex marriage law.

A federal appeals court in California has upheld a lower court's ruling that Proposition 8, the state's ban on gay marriage, is unconstitutional, writing that the law "serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples."