Should Supreme Court Have Overturned California Vote?
May 7, 2009 - Question About California
Supreme Court
On May 15, 2008, California's Supreme Court overturned a ban on gay marriage by a 4-to-3 decision. Should the Supreme Court of California have overturned the state ban on same-sex marriage when the before and after clearly show that the state's citizens did not agree, and still do not agree?
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California, and the US, has had a long history of proposistions aimed at tackling the same sex marriage topic. Propostition 22 and the famous Prop 8 both set legislation in California banning same sex marriage. Prop 22 was reversed and Prop 8 is constantly challenged.
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