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California Supreme Court

Mar. 7, 2009

Activists Both for and Against Gay Marriage Loudly Rally in S.F.

There was more than a little déjà  vu at the start of Thursday's oral argument on the validity of Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

By Rebecca Beyer and Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writers

SAN FRANCISCO - There was more than a little déjà vu at the start of Thursday's oral argument on the validity of Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

More than a thousand demonstrators on both sides of the issue waved signs and shouted their feelings in an effort to sway the California Supreme Court. A similar scene took place a year ago, when ...

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