High court rules on California marriage equality ban
Qnews May 15 08CA marriage case San Francisco -- California's highest court today ruled that the state's ban on marriage for same-sex couples is unconstitutional. The court writes: [W]e determine that the language of section 300 limiting the designation of marriage to a union “between a man and a woman” is unconstitutional and must be stricken from the statute, and that the remaining statutory language must be understood as making the designation of marriage available both to opposite-sex and same-sex couples. In addition, because the limitation of marriage to opposite-sex couples imposed by section 308. Full story...
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