domestic partner of Cesar Hernandez-Topete
Domestic partner of Cesar Hernandez-Topete (2012)
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Miguel Topete-Hernandez
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FROM Miguel Topete-Hernandez
Which Way, L.A.?
Same-Sex Marriage in California In 2008, voters passed Proposition 8, enacting a ban on same-sex marriage. A federal district court overturned the measure, and then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown refused to defend it. It was the proposition's supporters who took it up to the US Supreme Court, but it ruled today they lacked "standing." That means the district court ruling remains in effect. This morning, current Attorney General, Kamela Harris, told a press conference, "The wedding bells will ring."
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