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Day 4 testimony in Prop 8 trial turns to economic, health benefits of marriage
The trial of Perry v. Schwarzenegger entered its fourth day in federal court Thursday, a high stakes landmark case challenging California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on gay marriage, that many see as a precursor to a showdow before the U.S. Supreme Court. On the witness stand Thursday, Edmund Egan, chief economist for the City […]
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Prop 8 supporter warned of falling into ‘Satan’s hands’ if gay marriage prevailed
In a letter released into federal court on Wednesday, a gay marriage opponent, and one of five defendants in the case challenging California’s Proposition 8, warned of the disastrous consequences of allowing gays to marry in California. “One by one, other states would fall into Satan’s hands,” wrote Hak-Shing William Tam. “Every child, when growing […]
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DC judge rules against gay marriage opponents, says ‘no’ vote
A D.C. Superior Court judge Thursday rejected gay marriage opponents efforts to hold a public referendum on whether those marriages should be legal in the District of Columbia. The ruling is a major victory for gay rights activists, making it more likely that the District will start allowing same-sex couples to marry in March. Plaintiffs […]
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Prop 8 trial Day 3 – Witness: ‘remarkable similarities’ among gay, straight couples
The federal trial to overturn Proposition 8, the 2008 voter initiative that reinstated a California ban on same-sex marriage, entered its third day of testimony Wednesday, with a focus on the similarities and differences between homosexual and heterosexual couples, with a psychology professor citing “remarkable similarities.” Letitia Peplau, an expert on couple relationships, testified that […]
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Prop 8 trial offers lessons in history as Day 2 of testimony unfolds
The legal challenge over Proposition 8 entered its second day in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday, with a few lessons in history from Ivy League historians called by the plantiffs. A Yale professor testifying in a case challenging California’s same-sex marriage ban said Tuesday that the 2008 campaign to pass Proposition 8 played on […]
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Theodore Olson: Making the conservative case for gay marriage
As the trial over California’s ban on same-sex marriage gets underway in San Francisco this week in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger, plantiff’s attorney Theodore Olson has become an unexpected crusader for the rights of millions of gay Americans. Not so long ago, Olson argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case Bush […]
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Gay marriage on trial as landmark Prop 8 challenge opens in federal court
The trial over California’s ban on same-sex marriage opened Monday in San Francisco in a landmark case that could ultimately lead to a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court. In opening statements challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, plaintiff’s attorneys said the case is “about marriage and equality” while […]
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Olson delivers opening remarks in Prop 8 legal challenge
The federal trial challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, a voter approved ban on gay marriage, began Monday with an opening statement by attorney Theodore Olson, who with David Boies, is leading the legal team representing the plaintiffs in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger. Olson’s opening statement (as prepared): This case is about marriage […]
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Supreme Court halts plan to broadcast Prop 8 trial on YouTube
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s plan to broadcast the trial over California’s ban on gay marriage by posting video on YouTube. Just an hour before the trial got under way Monday, the high court Court halted for at least two days Judge Vaughn R. Walker’s plans to allow video […]
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Prop 8 supporters appeal to Supreme Court to prevent broadcast of trial
Gay marriage opponents have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and block video coverage a federal trial on the constitutionality California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Attorneys defending Proposition 8 and its ban on same-sex marriage filed the emergency appeal Saturday, arguing that their client’s right to a fair trial would be jeopardized. Supreme […]