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Feb. 28, 2011

County Attempts to Defend Prop 8 Again

Imperial County on Friday renewed its effort to get involved in defending Proposition 8 before the 9th Circuit.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Imperial County on Friday renewed its effort to get involved in defending Proposition 8 before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.


The county's clerk, who issues marriage licenses, petitioned the court for the right to argue that Prop. 8's ban on same-sex marriage should stand and that former Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker's landmark ruling that the measure is unconstitutiona...

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