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Government

Apr. 25, 2013

After years of court battles, same-sex marriage could end up before state voters again

After years of legal wrangling over the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban, the measure's fate could end up being decided again at the ballot box.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


After years of legal wrangling over the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban, the measure's fate could end up being decided again at the ballot box.


The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in June on Prop. 8, which a federal judge and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unconstitutional. But many legal experts predict the court will side...

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