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Proposition 8
Judge lifts Proposition 8 stay - gay marriages on holdKevin Fagan San Francisco Chronicle 08/12/2010 | Ruling against Proposition 8 could lead to federal precedent on gay marriageMaura Dolan and Carol J. Williams Los Angeles Times 08/04/2010 |
 Gay and lesbian couples in California can begin marrying next week, a federal judge ruled Thursday - that is, unless the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals steps in to stop them. |  A federal judge declared California's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional Wednesday, saying that no legitimate state interest justified treating gay and lesbian couples differently from others and that "moral disapproval" was not enough to save the voter-passed Proposition 8. |
Sexual orientation not a choice, expert saysBob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle 01/23/2010 | Proposition 8 trial: San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders says lesbian daughter should have right to wedHoward Mintz San Jose Mercury News 01/19/2010 |
 The final witness for gays and lesbians seeking to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage testified Friday that most people don't choose their sexual orientation, few people change it and "conversion therapy" is useless and potentially harmful. |  SAN FRANCISCO — For supporters of same-sex marriage, Tuesday's testimony from San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders in the Proposition 8 trial would seem an important moment for their cause. A conservative Republican describes his transformation from gay marriage opponent to vocal critic of denying gays and lesbians the right to wed. |
US historian testifies that campaign to ban gay marriage played on anti-gay stereotypesLisa Leff CJAD 01/12/2010 | In California, gay marriage trial opensMaura Dolan Los Angeles Times 01/11/2010 |
 SAN FRANCISCO - A Yale professor testifying in a case challenging California's same-sex marriage ban said Tuesday that the 2008 campaign for the ban played on stereotypes historically used to portray "homosexuals as perverts who prey on young children, out to entice straight people into sick behaviour." |  A widely anticipated federal trial over the constitutionality of California's ban on same-sex marriage opened Monday, with lawyers and witnesses debating the meaning of marriage and sexual orientation and gay and lesbian couples testifying about the humiliation of being denied matrimony. |
Same-sex marriage set for big day in federal courtKarl Vick The Washington Post 01/10/2010 | Appeals court rejects bid to block posting of Proposition 8 trial on YouTubeHoward Mintz San Jose Mercury News 01/08/2010 |
 LOS ANGELES -- After a run of setbacks at the state level, gay rights advocates will take the campaign for same-sex marriage into a federal courtroom on Monday, starting down a treacherous avenue that ends at a U.S. Supreme Court dominated by conservatives. |  A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by Proposition 8 supporters to block the broadcast of the upcoming trial involving a challenge to California's same-sex marriage ban, refusing to stop a plan to post the proceedings on YouTube. |
Measure submitted to dump California gay marriage banLISA LEFF AP 09/25/2009 | January trial set for U.S. court challenge to California's gay-marriage banHoward Mintz San Jose Mercury News 08/20/2009 |
 SAN FRANCISCO — A group pushed ahead Thursday with a campaign to repeal California's same-sex marriage ban, even though some other gay rights organizations think it's too soon for another expensive ballot fight. |  A federal judge on Wednesday set a Jan. 11 trial date for the legal challenge to Proposition 8, setting the stage for the most exhaustive legal review of a state's ban on gay marriage in any court in the nation. |
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