It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
(visit the link for the full news article)
A court case began in California on Monday marking the first federal trial in the U.S. in which a state ban on same-sex marriage is being challenged.
In 2008, opponents of gay marriage used a petition to force a referendum on whether gays should have the right to marry.
The Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage passed in November 2008 with 52 per cent support, over-ruling an earlier California Supreme Court decision that gays had the right to marry.
Two gay couples who haven't been allowed
Originally posted by adifferentbreed
I find it most interesting that this is still going on. The people voted, does the court have a right to change this, instantly invalidating the vote of the majority of the people ? I find this whole process bizarre.
Originally posted by adifferentbreed
reply to post by ll__raine__ll
Yes civil unions are allowed, yes, you can have any type of ceremony......the term marriage is what is coming into question.