http://www.thedefendersonline.com A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:40:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2012/02/08/federal-appeals-court-panel-rules-for-gay-marriage-in-california-case-will-go-to-the-supreme-court/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2012/02/08/federal-appeals-court-panel-rules-for-gay-marriage-in-california-case-will-go-to-the-supreme-court/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:07:37 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=20567 By The Editors
Declaring that California’s Proposition 8 “serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gay men and lesbians in California,” a federal appeals court panel Tuesday declared the law barring same-sex marriage there unconstitutional.

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