California Proposition 8 ruling [CA SC] News
California Proposition 8 ruling [CA SC]

Strauss, et al. v. Horton, et al., Supreme Court of California, May 26, 2009 [holding that constitutional challenges to Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage, lacked merit and that the amendment stands as lawful]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.


California Proposition 8 ruling

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