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: The Opening Brief

Cal Supreme Court: State law on marriage unconstitutional

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By a 4-3 vote the California Supreme Court has struck down that state statute that limits marriage to opposite sex couples.

The combined opinions run about 200 pages, so it will take a while to digest.  But the decision is based on the state constitution, and the court rules that sexual orientation is a suspect classification under the state’s equal protection guaranty.

Full post as published by The Opening Brief on May 15, 2008 (boomark / email).

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