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Family

Aug. 7, 2010

Panel Discusses Prop. 8 Ruling

In the last month, two federal judges on opposite coasts have come down on the side of gay rights advocates in cases involving marriage, but the potential impact of those rulings could be very different.

By Rebecca Beyer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

In the past month, two federal judges on opposite coasts have come down on the side of gay rights advocates in cases involving marriage, but the potential impact of those rulings could be very different.

On Wednesday, Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker struck down Proposition 8, California's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban, finding that it violates gay couples'...

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