Gay Marriage Supporters Ask Judge to End Prop. 8 [View all]

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Supporters of same-sex marriage urged a federal appeals court in San Francisco Thursday to decline to reconsider a ruling that struck down California's Proposition 8.

Last month, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled by a 2-1 vote that Proposition 8, a voter-approved ban on gay and lesbian marriage, violates the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsors of the initiative have asked the appeals court to have an expanded 11-judge panel reconsider that decision.

In Thursday's filings, two same-sex couples who challenged Proposition 8 and the city of San Francisco opposed the bid for a rehearing.

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