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    A Political Awakening as Gay-Marriage Advocates Take to the Streets?

    In California last week, voters overturned a state Supreme Court ruling that same-sex marriage was a constitutional right. Since then, street demonstrations by opponents of Proposition 8 have grown larger. Yesterday, gay and lesbian couples exchanged marriage vows for the first time in Connecticut.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In California last week, voters overturned a state Supreme Court ruling that same-sex marriage was a constitutional right. Since then, street demonstrations by opponents of Proposition 8 have grown larger. Yesterday, gay and lesbian couples exchanged marriage vows for the first time in Connecticut. Last night in New York, some 10,000 people gathered, protesting the Mormon Church's financial support for Prop 8. Dale Carpenter is Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law at the University of Minnesota Law School.

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      Professor of Law, University of Minnesota

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    2. 7:14Has the Bush Administration Taken Presidential Power Too Far?
    3. 42:32A Political Awakening as Gay-Marriage Advocates Take to the Streets?You’re reading this
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