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Calif. AG tells court to reject San Diego clerk’s bid to stop same-sex marriages
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s chief law enforcement officer urged the state Supreme Court on Monday to refuse once again to stop same-sex marriages while the justices consider a legal bid to revive Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that banned gay nuptials.
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Brown appeals injunction blocking enforcement of conversion therapy ban
SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Jerry Brown this week appealed a U.S. District Court injunction that has blocked the enforcement of a new state law that prohibits providing controversial “gay-to-straight” conversion therapy to LGBT youth.
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Advocacy groups move to defend California’s ban on reparative therapy
Two LGBT advocacy groups, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and Equality California, filed court papers late Friday seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the new California law protecting LGBT youth from “gay-to-straight” reparative therapy.
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California AG tells Court that Prop 8 supporters do not have ‘standing’ to appeal
California Attorney General Kamala Harris submitted a brief to the state’s Supreme Court earlier this week, arguing that state law does not allow the supporters of Proposition 8 — the 2008 voter approved ban on gay marriage — the right to defend the measures in court.
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California Supreme Court won’t expedite ruling on key issue in Prop 8 case
The California Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request by the attorneys fighting Proposition 8 to expedite the time line for deciding a key legal question of standing.
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California AG asks federal appeals court to lift stay on gay marriage ruling
California’s attorney general on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to lift a stay and permit same-sex unions to resume while it considers whether to overturn the state’s ban on gay marriage.