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California rules on same-sex marriage (access required)

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: May 26, 2009

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A state ballot initiative limiting marriage to a union between a man and a woman was a permissible change to the state constitution, the California Supreme Court has ruled. However, the court also ruled that the estimated 18,000 same-sex marriages performed prior to the passage of Proposition 8 are valid.

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