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White House Urges Supreme Court to Overturn California’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Hundreds attended a 2009 rally in Los Angeles after the Supreme Court originally voted to uphold the same sex marriage ban. (Photo: Ted Soqui via LA Weekly)The Obama administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying it violates the equal protection clause of the Constitution.
In a brief submitted Thursday, the administration stopped short of explicitly urging the court to overturn similar bans in seven other states. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the ban, known as Proposition 8, later this month.
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