Prop 8 Found Unconstitutional

On Tuesday, the The Federal Appeals Court officially found Proposition 8, California's 2008 law that limited marriage to one man and one woman in California, unconstitutional. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that Prop 8 violated the 14th Amendment's equal-protection clause in a 2-1 vote. It “serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples” wrote Judge Stephen Reinhardt. The U.S. Supreme Court can now weigh in on Gay Marriage as soon as next year, but the issue of whether other states and/or the federal government recognize same-sex marriage or not was not addressed. This is “because California had already extended to committed same-sex couples both the incidents of marriage and the official designation of ‘marriage,’ and Proposition 8’s only effect was to take away that important and legally significant designation, while leaving in place all of its incidents. This unique and strictly limited effect of Proposition 8 allows us to address the amendment’s constitutionality on narrow grounds,” Reinhardt wrote. The question now is is whether or not the Supreme Court will agree to hear the case. 
Above: Celebs get involved, using their popularity to make their voices heard.
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