Thursday, August 5, 2010

Historical Moment: Proposition 8 Overturned, Gay Marriage ON

California's gay-marriage ban
Major victory for gay rights activists, a federal judge overturned California's gay-marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually force the U.S. Supreme Court to confront the question of whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed. We are sure that lifestyle in California will be change.

Vaughn Walker, a US district court chief judge, said on Wednesday that opponents of the voter-approved ban known as Proposition 8 "demonstrated by overwhelming evidence" that it violates due process and equal-protection rights under the US constitution.

California's gay-marriage ban
California's gay-marriage ban

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