The sponsors of Proposition 8 made good Tuesday on their promise to appeal a federal court decision earlier this month declaring California’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.Attorneys for the group ProtectMarriage.com appealed the ruling by a three-member panel of the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit to a larger, 11-member panel of the same court, rather than directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Although supporters of same-sex marriage were jubilant after Tuesday’s federal appeals court decision declaring Proposition 8 unconstitutional, what most really wanted to know was when can marriages begin again in California.A stay on new same-sex marriages remains in effect pending an appeal of Tuesday’s ruling, which could take months or years.
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A federal appeals court is expected to issue a decision today on the constitutionality of Proposition 8.California’s ban on same-sex marriage was approved by voters in 2008, but a federal lawsuit challenging the measure was filed by two same-sex couples the next year.
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Another episode in the long legal saga of California's same-sex marriage ban is scheduled to unfold in a San Francisco courtroom.A federal appeals court plans to hear oral arguments Thursday on whether a lower court judge who ultimately struck down voter-approved Proposition 8 should have recused himself because he was in a same-sex relationship.
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The federal appeals court considering the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban wants supporters and opponents to explain how a state Supreme Court ruling authorizing Proposition 8's supporters to defend the measure affects the broader case.
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Four gay rights and civil liberties groups urged a federal appeals court Tuesday in San Francisco to reject a claim that the gay judge who overturned Proposition 8 should have disqualified himself.The groups filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opposing a challenge by the sponsors of Proposition 8 to U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker.
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Brad Pitt says he and Angelina Jolie are committed to marrying only when the country has equal marriage rights — but their kids are pressuring them.“We live in this great country that is about freedom,” the “Moneyball” star explained to Ellen DeGeneres. “It is defined by our freedom and equality and yet we allow this discrimination to go on every day and that’s not what we’re about. That’s not what makes us great. Until that is reversed, I just don’t get it.”
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Gay rights advocates still haven’t made a decision about whether to take gay marriage back to California voters.
After 2008’s Proposition 8 outlawed same-sex marriage in California, there was immediate talk of returning the issue to the ballot to reverse it in 2010. However, gay community leaders ultimately decided to wait until 2012, to watch how a legal battle over the proposition would proceed, and give them more time to garner resources and support.
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The California Supreme Court -- with two new members seated in the past year -- is set to hear arguments in San Francisco Tuesday on a key issue in the state's legal battle over same-sex marriage.The question before the panel is whether state law gives Proposition 8's sponsors the right to appeal a federal trial court ruling that found the voter-approved ban on gay marriage to be unconstitutional.
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The attorneys who prevailed in last year’s trial overturning California’s ban on same-sex marriage want the trial video made public, saying Monday that it might swing public opinion.U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Ware heard arguments from both sides in San Francisco yesterday and promised to issue a ruling soon.
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