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  1. LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 07: Opponents of Proposition 8, California's anti-gay marriage bill, Eddie Reynoso celebrate at Los Angeles City Hall on February 7, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the voter-approved...
  2. LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 07: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and council member Eric Garcetti arrive for a celebration with opponents of Proposition 8, California's anti-gay marriage bill, at Los Angeles City Hall on February 7, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. A three-judge...
  3. LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 07: Opponent of Proposition 8, California's anti-gay marriage bill, actor Robert Reiner (C) speaks as Oscar winning writer Dustin Lance Black (L), for the film 'Harvey Milk' and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) look on during a celebration at Los...
  4. LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 07: Opponent of Proposition 8, California's anti-gay marriage bill, actor Robert Reiner (C) speaks as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) and council member Eric garcetti look on during a celebration at Los Angeles City Hall on February 7, 2012 in Los...
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Proposition 8 was a California ballot proposition passed in the November 4, 2008 general election and took effect on November 5, the day after the election. It changed the California Constitution to add a new section (7.5) to Article I, which reads: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.". This change... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. The case around Prop 8 hinges in part on the question of immutability. Is being gay an immutable characteristic? Can you change it? If you find yourself gay for some reason, do you have to stay that way?
    – Rachel Maddow SOURCE: On Top Magazine 3 weeks ago
  2. The church’s image is still heavily associated with the 2008 Prop. 8 campaign in California, and even though many Republicans oppose gay marriage, it’s not helpful for the Mormons to be tied to such a politically-charged issue at a time when it’s about to be under a lot of election-season media scrutiny
    SOURCE: The Huffington Post 1 month ago
  3. In the California 'Prop 8' case
    SOURCE: The Huffington Post 1 month ago
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  5. In particular, we saw that marriage equality had reached a tipping point in the United States. The last two years have been transformational, from the ruling that Proposition 8, the California marriage ban, is unconstitutional, to the Obama administration’s refusal to defend the discriminatory Defense o...
    SOURCE: Xtra.ca 1 month ago
  6. People like Brian Brown and Maggie Gallagher no doubt use products from the dozens of consumer-facing brands that have come out in support of marriage equality and against Proposition 8 on a daily basis
    SOURCE: Care2 1 month ago
  7. I believe Proposition 8 is counter to the promise of our Constitution; it is codified discrimination
    SOURCE: Hot Air 2 months ago
  8. In the minds of most voters, Proposition 8 still is a mystery.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 2 months ago
  9. I'm so uncomfortable with David approaching me about watching an intelligent design DVD and talking about my stance on Proposition 8.
    SOURCE: Time Magazine 2 months ago
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  11. I’m going to go down to North Carolina in April. There’s a big rally down there. I’m going to go down and do my bit ... We want to win one. You heard the [Perry v Schwarzenegger Prop 8 trial] witness talk about how the outcome [of antigay ballot measures] is always against gay and lesbian people. It wou...
    SOURCE: Care2 2 months ago
  12. The Overruling of a Ban on Same-sex Marriage in California (Proposition 8)
    SOURCE: Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2 months ago
  13. special thanks ... one of the biggest financial backers of the push for California’s anti-same sex marriage Proposition 8.
    SOURCE: New York Magazine 2 months ago
  14. The concern we have is people talking about their views on issues such as Proposition 8
    SOURCE: SGVTribune.com 2 months ago
  15. I’m going to go down and do my bit ... We want to win one. You heard the [Proposition 8 trial] witness talk about how the outcome [of antigay ballot measures] is always against gay and lesbian people. It would be really great if we started changing that. And maybe North Carolina is a chance.
    SOURCE: The Advocate 2 months ago
  16. If Prop 8 were undone and kids like me growing up in Bakersfield right now could never have to know what this felt like, their entire lives would be on a higher arc ... They would live with a higher sense of themselves. It would improve the quality of their entire lives.
    – Christine Lahti SOURCE: Brides.com 2 months ago
  17. I’m very fortunate to live in a home with a lot of love. When Proposition 8 doesn’t allow parents like mine to marry, it isn’t just defining their love as taboo or wrong. It says that my family – that my brothers, that my mothers shouldn’t belong and we don’t get to be the same as my friends’ families.
    SOURCE: Richmond.com 2 months ago
  18. of course, is an activist, as well as an actor championing causes he believes in, including the drive against California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage, which would, one assumes, put him squarely at odds with his former 'Growing Pains' colleague Kirk Cameron.
    SOURCE: CNN 2 months ago
  19. People need to witness what happened in the Proposition 8 trial, if for no other reason than to see inequality and discrimination unequivocally rejected in a court of law where truth and facts matter.
    SOURCE: Out Magazine 2 months ago
  20. It’s a milestone event reflecting the changing attitudes towards same-sex marriage across America, especially in California ... Prior to the overturning of Proposition 8, there was a real disconnect between the feelings of the general populace and the [California] administration.
    SOURCE: Cornell Daily Sun 2 months ago
  21. Brad PIitt and George Clooney star in a play about California’s Proposition 8.
    SOURCE: American Banking and Market News 2 months ago
  22. Try as they might, the anti-marriage proponents of Proposition 8 cannot hide their discriminatory arguments from the American people. Until every citizen can equally enjoy the freedom to marry, AFER will continue to fight in the courts of law and the court of public opinion–and we will win.
    SOURCE: Care2 2 months ago
  23. At long last each and every American will be able to see for themselves what happens when prejudice and fear are put on trial in a court of law ... For over two years, the anti-marriage proponents of Proposition 8 have fought tooth and nail to hide their discriminatory arguments from the American people...
    SOURCE: Celebitchy 2 months ago
  24. With Judge Walker's recent admission that he does in fact practice homosexuality, the case for recusal has been proven ... His ruling on the Prop 8 case should be immediately vacated as he possessed both an incontrovertible and disqualifying conflict of interest.
    SOURCE: Time Magazine 2 months ago
  25. Two federal courts have already found Proposition 8 unconstitutional
    SOURCE: Contra Costa Times 2 months ago
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