Showing posts with label supreme court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label supreme court. Show all posts

Monday, May 19, 2008

VIDEO: San Francisco Mayor speaks

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Here is what San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom had to say.





Here is what Attorney Gloria Allred had to say about the California same-sex marriage decision.




As a side note California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has vetoed two LGBT-progressive bills in the past, said in a statement that he respected the Supreme Court's decision and "will not support an amendment to the constitution that would overturn this state Supreme Court ruling."

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

VIDEO: Calif. rally to celebrate supreme court ruling

Thursday, May 15, 2008

California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban

By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory.

The long-awaited court decision stemmed from San Francisco's highly publicized same-sex weddings, which in 2004 helped spur a conservative backlash in a presidential election year and a national dialogue over gay rights.

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