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Burbank couple in Prop. 8 case to watch history unfold
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday began the process of considering two controversial cases involving whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry: Proposition 8, California's 2008 ban on gay marriage, and the Defense of Marriage Act,...Tags: Google+, Defense of Marriage Act, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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'Record majority' in California backs same-sex marriage, poll finds
As state officials make their case for gay marriage, a new Field Poll showed record support in California for same sex unions. "By a nearly two-to-one margin (61% to 32%), California voters approve of allowing same-sex couples to marry," according to...
Tags: Elections, Family, Marriage, Shelby Grad, Gays and Lesbians
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Prop. 8: California A.G. backs gay marriage in Supreme Court brief
California’s top law enforcement officer told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that Proposition 8’s ban on same-sex marriage should be overturned because its sole purpose was to “strip loving relationships of validation and dignity...
Tags: Maura Dolan, Family, Los Angeles Times, Kamala D. Harris, Marriage
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Editorial: Unsettling presence of PACs
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that money was speech, and any limit on independent campaign spending was improper, most observers correctly foresaw the imminent creation of massive and secretive political action committees weaseling their way...Tags: Elections, Politics
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Burbank couple on Supreme Court same-sex marriage review: 'This is what we've waited for'
Burbank residents Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo were catapulted onto the national stage Friday when the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would rule on constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved same-sex marriage ban that...
Tags: Family, Los Angeles Times, Google+, Marriage, Adam Schiff
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Editorial: Battle for marriage rights began at local level
Perhaps it was inevitable that the U.S. Supreme Court would confront the issue of same-sex marriage. But in the history of great civil rights advances in this country, key players rarely wait for Fate to make her move. Instead, they forge ahead and...Tags: Family, Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Gays and Lesbians
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Prop. 8 supporters, opponents await Supreme Court decision
At San Francisco City Hall, officials are awaiting their moment in history, but they just don't know when it will come. In the complex calculus of gay marriage in California, weddings could become legal within days. So City Hall is preparing for a...Tags: Maura Dolan, Family, Los Angeles Times, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians
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High court delays decision in California gay marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court has pushed back by 10 days the date on which it will consider whether to review the issue of gay marriage in California, according to lawyers in the case. The court had been set to discuss whether to grant review of Hollingsworth...
Tags: Trials, Los Angeles Times, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Jessica Garrison
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Gay marriage in California awaits U.S. Supreme Court review
As voters in three more states cast ballots to allow gay marriage in last week's election, some California gay marriage activists have grown impatient at seeing gains elsewhere while the question remains in legal limbo here. But as soon as this month...
Tags: Family, Minority Groups, Trials, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians
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Foes of gay marriage appeal Prop 8 ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
Opponents of same-sex marriage asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to overturn a federal appeals court decision that struck down Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot initiative that limited marriage to a man and a woman. Protect Marriage, the...
Tags: Maura Dolan, Family, Trials, Los Angeles Times, Marriage
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Political Landscape: Gatto calls for the end of super PACs
Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) joined two other state lawmakers to introduce a measure that would begin the process of nullifying the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial decision that created “super PACs,” which have flooded unlimited...Tags: Elections, Paul Ryan, Michael Allen, Budgets and Budgeting, Carol Liu
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High court backs police action
Burbank police officials hailed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week that determined officers were justified in invading the home of a Bellarmine-Jefferson High School student without a warrant in 2007 out of concern that an attack was imminent. The...Tags: Advanced Training, Government, Safety of Citizens, Advanced Training, Career and Workplace
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