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California Upholds Gay Marriage Ban
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur May 26, 2009 12:45pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The California Supreme Court has upheld Proposition 8 -- the controversial ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage in the state of California.
At the same time, the ruling allows about 18,000 same-sex couples who'd already married to retain the rights they attained during the brief six-month period that gay marriage was legal in the state.
"There it goes," said Jim Schnobrich, who married his partner of 27 years in Pasadena, Calif., last September. "We have to keep going."
Still, the couple, who have two children, ages 12 and 16, said that they are now in a "weird class," as the ruling preserved their 8-month-old same sex-marriage.
"That's good news, but the bigger thing is that now we have this weird status that other people can't have. There is this kind of equality situation where people are maybe thinking we aren't really married." |
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