Jennifer Pizer

UCLA

Guest

Law Professor and legal director of the Williams Institute at UCLA; former National Marriage Project Director for Lambda Legal, an LGBT legal defense organization

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A panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals released a two-to-one decision today: Proposition 8, California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional.

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In 1996, Congress passed the " Defense of Marriage Act ," which limited marriage to a man and a woman.

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In 1996, Congress passed the " Defense of Marriage Act ," which limited marriage to a man and a woman.

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Only four states have legalized same-sex marriage, and it's pending in just a handful of others. Forty states limit marriage to a man and a woman.

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Only four states have legalized same-sex marriage, and it's pending in just a handful of others. Forty states limit marriage to a man and a woman.

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