U.S. Supreme Court
Dec. 8, 2012
U.S. Supreme Court to consider state's same-sex marriage ban and DOMA
California's same-sex marriage ban, Proposition 8, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act will both get U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny, the high court announced Friday.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
California's same-sex marriage ban, Proposition 8, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act will both get U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny, the high court announced Friday.
The decision means that gay marriages cannot take place in California until the high court issues its ruling, likely next June. Hollingsworth v. Perry, 12-144, and Windsor v. U.S., 12-307.
The Supreme Court acted to review the hot-button gay marriage top...
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