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Source: San Francisco Chronicle , Los Angeles Times , AFP SAN FRANCISCO -- The state Supreme Court, which in May determined that marriage is a fundamental right available to gay and lesbian couples, plunged back into the same-sex marriage wars today, agreeing to decide the legality of a ballot measure...

Source: Los Angeles Times , Reuters , AFP , Sacramento Bee   CA Prop. 8 California's Attorney General on Monday urged the state Supreme Court to consider whether Prop. 8 -- the marriage equality ban passed by voters this month -- was legal. "The profound importance of the issues raised...

Source: Contra Costa Times , Los Angeles Times , Stanford News Service , Dorf on Law , Slate The long-running and complex battle for marriage equality in California has twice been fought at the ballot box where voters have twice rejected the notion that gay and lesbian couples should be able to marry...

Source: Sacramento Bee , Morgan Hill Times , OnTop Magazine , Bay Area IndyMedia , Los Angeles Times California's battle over gay marriage shifted from the ballot box to the courts Wednesday as stunned opponents of Proposition 8 declared they had too much at stake to concede. Advocates of the measure...

      ::    A new robo-call phone poll by Survey USA shows California's anti-gay Proposition 8 trailing, but by a much smaller percentage than was indicated by a recent Field Poll. The ballot measure trails narrowly in the new poll, losing 44 percent to 49 percent...

Source: McClatchey via Houston Chronicle , McClatchey via Sacramento Bee , Fresno Bee Boston -- Nearly five years after the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, the battle against marriage equality that brought international attention and apocalyptic...

Source: Sacramento Bee , San Francisco Chronicle   A ballot label that says Proposition 8 "eliminates (the) right of same-sex couples to marry" will remain intact after a Sacramento County judge today dismissed a challenge by supporters of the measure. The language will accompany the measure...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle , San Jose Mercury News , Sacramento Bee California's Attorney General, Jerry Brown, said Monday that he does not believe that Prop. 8 -- the state's marriage limitation amendment -- would invalidate existing marriages if passed. The ballot measure aims to amend...

Source: Sacramento Bee , Los Angeles Times , McClatchy Newspapers via Olympian The influential ballot summary of the initiative to ban marriage equality in California has been rewritten, and opponents of Proposition 8 are calling the new version "good news." Supporters of Proposition 8 said...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle , San Jose Mercury News , Los Angeles Times CA marriage case SAN FRANCISCO -- Equal rights organizations today asked the California Supreme Court to block a November ballot initiative that would restore the state's ban on gay marriage, arguing that it was not drafted...