Prop. 8: Gay-marriage ban unconstitutional, court rules

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15. Reuters: California gay marriage ban unconstitutional: ruling

@RawStory: Breaking news: An appeals court has declared California's gay marriage ban to be unconstitutional. Developing...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/07/appeals-court-strikes-down-californias-same-sex-marriage-ban

Appeals court strikes down California’s same sex marriage ban

By Andrew Jones
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 13:08 EST

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday afternoon that a Proposition 8, California voter ban on same sex marriage, is unconstitutional.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled 2-1 Tuesday that a lower court was right to strike the law down.


@Reuters: FLASH: California's gay marriage ban is unconstitutional, ruling says.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL2E8D78UD20120207?irpc=932

California gay marriage ban unconstitutional: ruling
By Dan Levine and Peter Henderson
SAN FRANCISCO | Tue Feb 7, 2012 1:05pm EST

By Dan Levine and Peter Henderson

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled that California's gay marriage ban violates the constitution on Tuesday in a case that is likely to lead to a showdown on the issue in the Supreme Court.

The decision was delivered by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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"Although the Constitution permits communities to enact most laws they believe to be desirable," 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote, "it requires that there be at least a legitimate reason for the passage of a law that treats different classes of people differently."

"There was no such reason that Proposition 8 could have been enacted," Reinhardt wrote.

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