A dispute over a video of last year's trial on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 was sent by a federal appeals court in San Francisco today to the new trial judge assigned to the case.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered U.S. District Judge James Ware to consider competing bids by Proposition 8 sponsors to keep the video under wraps and by the measure's opponents to unseal it.
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A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday turned down a bid by two same-sex couples to allow gay marriages to resume in California while their legal case is pending.A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a brief order turning down the couples’ request that the panel lift a stay of a lower court ruling that allowed same-sex marriages.
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Backers of California’s ban on same-sex marriage have asked a federal appeals court in San Francisco not to allow gay and lesbian weddings to resume during the months it will take to resolve the constitutional case. The sponsors of Proposition 8 and their committee, Protect Marriage, urged the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in papers filed Monday to maintain a stay the court initially issued in August.
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The Obama administration’s unusual decision to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act was met with cheers from San Francisco leaders Wednesday and jeers from Proposition 8 supporters. And there was a request to allow same-sex marriage in California again.
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Two couples who are challenging California’s ban on same-sex marriage asked a federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday to allow gay and lesbian weddings to take place in the state while their legal case is pending.The couples asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to lift a stay it issued in August of a lower court decision overturning Proposition 8, the state’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage.
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About 20 supporters of same-sex marriage were detained today during a sit-in at the San Francisco county clerk's office as part of a Valentine's Day protest of the state's same-sex marriage ban.Eighteen people were detained and released for obstruction shortly after noon, county spokeswoman Susan Fahey said. They were given a record of their removal but do not need to appear in court.
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Today, Luz Sigman and Cynthia Gamino will walk up to the city clerk of San Francisco and ask for a marriage license. And the city clerk will reject them.So they will sit down in the clerk’s office and watch other couples walk past them and receive licenses. Sigman said it “sucks to go up there with the person you love and not be able to get married.”
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Back in June, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, whom many think would be an attractive 2012 presidential candidate, was quoted by Andrew Ferguson in the Weekly Standard for saying the next president "would have to call a truce on the so-called social issues." That quickly attracted some harsh criticism from opponents of abortion and same-sex marriage.
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A liberal judge who has been assigned to consider the constitutionality of California's ban on same-sex marriage today turned down a request by the measure's sponsors that he disqualify himself.Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a brief order filed this morning, "I will be able to rule impartially on this appeal and I will do so."
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The three federal appeals court judges who will rule on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage, were announced by the court in San Francisco on Monday.The randomly selected judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are a liberal, Stephen Reinhardt, of Los Angeles; a moderate, Michael Hawkins, of Arizona; and a conservative, Randy Smith, of Idaho.
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