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State Supreme Court Upholds Prop 8 Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Last May, in a 4-to-3 ruling, the State Supreme said same-sex marriage was a constitutional right . In November, the voters amended the Constitution to ban it. In the meantime, 18,000 gay and lesbian couples had tied the knot. Today, the court upheld Proposition 8 by a vote of 6-to-1, and also held that last year’s marriages are still in effect.
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A Majority of Californians Approve of Gay Marriage Last week’s poll by the LA Times and KTLA found a majority of voters opposed to same-sex marriage. That was good news for a constitutional amendment on the November ballot, but the Field Poll out today got a different result. By 51 to 42 percent, voters said gays and lesbians have the right to marry.
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?