California Same-Sex Marriage Cases
The plaintiffs, which include couples who wish to marry, argued that a ban on marriages between people of the same sex is discrimination and unconstitutional. Lawyers for the state who want to uphold the law urged justices to respect the tradition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and that the judicial system was the wrong actor to institute the demanded change.
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The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments on six cases challenging the constitutionality of the California’s state law limiting marr… read more
The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments on six cases challenging the constitutionality of the California’s state law limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples.
The plaintiffs, which include couples who wish to marry, argued that a ban on marriages between people of the same sex is discrimination and unconstitutional. Lawyers for the state who want to uphold the law urged justices to respect the tradition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and that the judicial system was the wrong actor to institute the demanded change.
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