California Supreme Court hears case against Proposition 8 today
”This is our lives on the line. We don’t want them to have to worry about getting in.”
Molly McKay, media director of the volunteer group Marriage Equality USA, explaining why Jumbotron monitors had been set up outside the San Francisco Courthouse. A 3-hour, televised hearing is taking place Thursday on the legality of Proposition 8, the voter-approved initiative that removed the rights of gay and lesbian couples to be legally married in California. (New York Times)
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