Itir Yakar

Staff writer for the Daily Journal

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Staff writer for the Daily Journal in San Francisco, covering the California Supreme Court

Itir Yakar on KCRW

Proposition 22  passed by a large margin in 2000, defining marriage in California as "a union between a man and a woman."

State Supreme Court to Review Gay Marriage Ban

Proposition 22 passed by a large margin in 2000, defining marriage in California as "a union between a man and a woman."

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