The California Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments in three cases challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8 , the ballot measure passed in November that banned same-sex marriage in the...
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Massachusetts same-sex couples file federal lawsuit challenging Defense of Marriage Act
A group of Massachusetts plaintiffs who are or have been married under the state's same-sex marriage law filed a lawsuit against the US federal government Tuesday in the US District Court...
California Supreme Court to hear Proposition 8 arguments in March
The California Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear oral arguments on March 5 in the three cases challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8 , the ballot measure passed in November...
California AG asks state supreme court to invalidate same-sex marriage ban
California Attorney General Edmund Brown Jr. on Friday urged the Supreme Court of California to declare Proposition 8 unconstitutional . In a brief submitted to the court, Brown argued that...
Are Utah and Arkansas the New Centers of the Gay Rights Movement?
JURIST Guest Columnist Douglas NeJaime of UCLA School of Law says that in the wake of California voters' endorsement of Proposition 8, amending the state Constitution to restrict the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a...
California high court agrees to hear Proposition 8 challenges
The Supreme Court of California on Wednesday agreed to hear challenges to Proposition 8 , the ballot measure that amended the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, while refusing a petition to...
California AG urges state high court to hear same-sex marriage petitions
California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday urged the state Supreme Court to review the petitions raised in reference to the recent passage of Proposition 8 [text,...
Thousands of demonstrators in San Diego and Los Angeles on Saturday protested the passage of Proposition 8 , an amendment to the California constitution making same-sex marriages illegal in the...
Rights groups filed a writ petition with the California Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking to invalidate a state constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. Proposition 8 , which was approved ...
Same-sex marriage bans approved in California, Arizona, Florida
A constitutional amendment effectively banning same-sex marriage appeared to pass in California with most of the vote counted Wednesday, while voters in Arizona and Florida Tuesday approved similar measures. In California, Proposition 8 ,...