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Decisions in same-sex marriage cases anxiously awaited
South Bend TribuneLegal scholars and pundits learned last year that trying to predict how the Supreme Court will decide a case after hearing arguments is risky. However, activists on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate remain clear about the stakes riding on the...Tags: Health Insurance, Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians, International Law, Same-Sex Marriage
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Gay marriage, Prop. 8 debate comes down to the wire
The mood was electric that crisp, clear February day as couples lined up at San Francisco City Hall to be among the first to get licenses for same-sex marriages in California. Nine tortuous years followed: The state high court halted and invalidated...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Gavin Newsom, Anthony Kennedy, Social Issues, Trials
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Prop. 8 arguments: Audio and transcript from U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. The court has provided rare same-day audio and written transcript of the proceedings. The...Tags: Marriage, U.S. Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy, Family, Crime, Law and Justice
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In Echo Park, opposing views on gay marriage
In Echo Park on Tuesday morning, Sean Stentz was among those expressing support for gay marriage as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on California’s Proposition 8. Marriage is a fundamental individual right that should be available to...
Tags: Marriage, U.S. Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy, Family, Gays and Lesbians
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The stakes before the court
WASHINGTON -- Don't take anything for granted. The conservative activists on the Supreme Court may not be able to halt the inexorable shift toward acceptance of gay marriage, but we probably should expect them to try. The two big cases being argued this...
Tags: Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, Minority Groups, Anthony Kennedy, Gays and Lesbians
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California gay marriage argument at high court Tuesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don't allow it. The court's first major...
Tags: Kamala D. Harris, Voting, Minority Groups, Trials, Social Issues
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AP: Couple reflects on gay marriage
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Big change is coming to the lives of the lesbian couple at the center of the fight for same-sex marriage in California no matter how the Supreme Court decides their case. After 13 years of raising four boys together, Kris...
Tags: Gavin Newsom, Minority Groups, Social Issues, Trials, Gays and Lesbians
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Three justices' concern over gay parenting surprises experts
WASHINGTON — During last week's Supreme Court arguments on gay marriage, Justice Antonin Scalia asserted that "there's considerable disagreement" among experts over whether "raising a child in a single-sex family is harmful or not." Two other...
Tags: Minority Groups, Trials, Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage
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At Supreme Court, gay marriage comes full circle
It is the hottest ticket in the country. On Tuesday morning, only a lucky few will be inside the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the historic arguments over whether California’s gay marriage ban is constitutional. Among the 400 courtroom spectators...Tags: Mark R. Warner, U.S. Congress, U.S. Supreme Court, Parties and Movements, Same-Sex Marriage
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On gay marriage, change in public opinion has been big, and rapid
WASHINGTON -- In the nearly four and a half years since California voters approved Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriages in the state, public attitudes on the subject have gone through a remarkably rapid transformation. Nationally, 1 in 7 American...Tags: Polls, U.S. Supreme Court, Parties and Movements, Minority Groups, Social Issues
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Prop. 8: Gay marriage backers pleased with Supreme Court hearing
SAN FRANCISCO -- Backers of gay marriage expressed satisfaction with the arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, saying they believed the justices supported their position. Jon Davidson, legal director of Lambda Legal, a gay rights...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Minority Groups, Anthony Kennedy, Trials, Social Issues
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Prop. 8 plaintiffs believe love will prevail in Supreme Court
On the steps of the Supreme Court, moments after their attorneys argued that gays and lesbians should be given the constitutional right to marry Tuesday, California plaintiffs in the Proposition 8 case said they are looking forward to the high court&...Tags: Antonin Scalia, Marriage, U.S. Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy, Social Issues
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Original site for Proposition 8 (California, 2010) topic gallery.