The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 7, 2012 Court to Rule on California Same-Sex Marriage Ban -------------------------------------------------- In legal news, a U.S. appeals court is set to rule today whether California's ban on gay marriage is constitutional. California outlawed same-sex marriage in 2008, when voters passed the ban known as Proposition 8. .