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March 24, 2011

Appeals Court Maintains California Gay Marriage Ban 
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A federal appeals court has rejected an attempt to suspend California's
ban on gay marriage while it is challenged in court. The ban was
approved in 2008 when California voters passed the initiative known as
Proposition 8, but last year, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled it
was unconstitutional. The judge's decision has been put on hold pending
an appeal to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. LGBT rights
advocates, along with California's attorney general, had requested gay
marriages be allowed to proceed while the appeal is underway.



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