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Gay marriage backers want ban issue off ballot
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, June 21, 2008
(06-20) 18:32 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Gay-rights advocates asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to remove a proposed state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage from the November ballot, saying it would destroy fundamental rights that cannot be legally altered by a voter initiative.
The suit was filed by organizations representing gay and lesbian couples in the case that led to the court's May 15 ruling striking down the state law that excluded them from marriage - a ruling the Nov. 4 initiative would reverse.
Like one of the laws that the court overturned, the initiative declares that "only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
Gay marriage backers want ban issue off ballot
Gay marriage backers want ban issue off ballot
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, June 21, 2008
(06-20) 18:32 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Gay-rights advocates asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to remove a proposed state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage from the November ballot, saying it would destroy fundamental rights that cannot be legally altered by a voter initiative.
The suit was filed by organizations representing gay and lesbian couples in the case that led to the court's May 15 ruling striking down the state law that excluded them from marriage - a ruling the Nov. 4 initiative would reverse.
Like one of the laws that the court overturned, the initiative declares that "only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
Gay marriage backers want ban issue off ballot
