A federal appeals court Friday lifted its stay on same-sex marriage, and a San Luis Obispo County official said she expects the county to begin performing ceremonies for gay couples Monday.
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Same-sex marriage decision presents conservatives with chance to reform
I don’t like Tuesdays. Too often they feel like a dreary extension of all that went unfinished on Monday, and seldom can they match the sunny halfway-there optimism of Wednesday or Thursday’s stoic determination to finish strong. No, Tuesdays have long seemed altogether ugly. So you can imagine my surprise when this week’s Tuesday opened […]
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Prop. 8 overturned by federal court
California’s Proposition 8, a controversial ban of same-sex marriage, was ruled unconstitutional Tuesday by a federal appeals court, paving the way for a likely U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8. The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against the ballot initiative passed in 2008. In the court’s opinion, it […]
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Prop 8 trial should have been broadcast
The trial on the constitutionality of Prop 8 in a California district court should have been televised.