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The Prop 8 Arguments Are Over, Now It's Up to the Judge
California voters passed Proposition 8 by a 52% majority in 2008, limiting marriage to one man and one woman, and effectively banning same-sex marriage. In 2009, the California Supreme Court upheld Prop 8 , but allowed existing same-sex marriages to stand.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readCalifornia voters passed Proposition 8 by a 52% majority in 2008, limiting marriage to one man and one woman, and effectively banning same-sex marriage. In 2009, the California Supreme Court upheld Prop 8, but allowed existing same-sex marriages to stand. In the most recent Constitutional challenge, for two weeks in January, Federal Judge Vaughn Walker heard testimony for and against. Today he heard four hours of closing arguments. In California's 100-year-old initiative process, how often has "the will of the people" been overturned by a judge? Will this case go before the Supreme Court?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Joshua Ferris
Author, “The Dinner Party and Other Short Stories”
John Eastman
National Organization for Marriage
Ralph Richard Banks
Stanford University
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