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November 19, 2008 | HRC Staff

Prop 8 Upheld

The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, which defines marriage in the California constitution to exclude same-sex couples. It also ruled that the thousands of same-sex couples who married before…

November 18, 2008 | HRC Staff

Proposition 8 Q and A

HRC understands that there are many questions regarding the vote to pass Prop 8 and write discrimination into California's constitution. This is an incredibly difficult time, to say the least,…