California Rules!

                   
inthesetimes.com     May 17, 2008            

Refusing to be boxed in by election-year timidity or political threats from the religious right, a majority of the California Supreme Court ruled May 15 that same-sex couples have an equal right to civil marriage in the state. The judgment stands on a sturdy foundation of precedents involving... [read full story]                    

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California Dreamin’

spectator.org     May 16, 2008          

Think civil unions are a reasonable compromise that will settle the controversy over same-sex marriage? In a 4 to 3 decision, the California supremes ruled (pdf) yesterday that nothing less than full gay marriage will do. Until then, California had clearly staked out the middle ground in the...                    

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California court backs gay marriages

deseretnews.com     May 16, 2008          

Same-sex rites in state may start within a month By Deborah Bulkeley and Carrie Moore Deseret News Published: Friday, May 16, 2008 12:03 a.m. MDT Gay couples in California may soon be headed to the altar after that state's Supreme Court knocked down a state law banning same-sex marriage Thursday....                    

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Analysis: Gay marriage back as '08 issue

kxan.com     May 16, 2008          

WASHINGTON (AP) - A California Supreme Court decision clearing the way for gay marriages in the state injects an element of uncertainty into a presidential race in which the Iraq war and the sputtering economy have largely overshadowed social issues. John McCain, the GOP nominee-in-waiting whose...                    

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Gay marriage ruling returns issue to U.S. presidential race

iht.com     May 16, 2008          

Gay marriage is an issue on which the three major presidential candidates — John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton — are pretty much in agreement. But the decision by the California Supreme Court on Thursday overturning the state's ban on same-sex marriage seems likely to put the...                    

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Presidential field treads carefully after nuptials ruling

denverpost.com     May 16, 2008          

The issue bounds back into campaigns, but all agree that states should decide the issue. By Liz Sidoti The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A California Supreme Court decision clearing the way for gay marriages in the state injects an element of uncertainty into a presidential race in which the Iraq...                    

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Gay couples celebrate California court ruling

iht.com     May 15, 2008          

Gay and lesbian couples in San Francisco rejoiced Thursday over a California Supreme Court decision affirming their right to marry even as political leaders on both sides of the issue girded for an extended fight in the courts and at the ballot box. Among those celebrating were Gavin Newsom, the...                    

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US: California Marriage Ruling a Victory for Human Rights

hrw.org     May 15, 2008          

Historic Decision Confers Equal Right to Marriage to Same-Sex Couples The California Supreme Court’s ruling today striking down state law that limits marriage to opposite-sex couples is a victory for equality that should set a national and international example, Human Rights Watch said today.                    

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California Supreme Court Rules Gay & Lesbian Couples Have Consitutional Right to Marry

lavisoloway.blogspot.com     May 15, 2008          

Decision is here. I am weeping openly at my desk.In its 172 page ruling, Court relied on both Equal Protection and Fundamental Right to Marry to conclude that California's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. HUGE VICTORY. WRIT OF MANDATE. LANGUAGE STRICKEN FROM STATUTE. COUNTY CLERKS AND...                    

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Faculty experts advisory: California court OK's same-sex marriage

ucla.edu     May 15, 2008          

The California Supreme Court today ruled that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, making California the only state other than Massachusetts to uphold the rights of gay couples to wed. According to U.S. Census figures, California has the highest number of same-sex couples in...                    

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(Second) State of the Union

nytimes.com     May 15, 2008          

the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday,” reports The Times’s Adam Liptak. “The court’s 4-to-3 decision striking down state laws that had limited marriages to unions between a man and a woman makes California only the second state, after Massachusetts, to allow same-sex marriages. The...                    

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