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Judge refuses to toss suit challenging Prop. 8

Source: San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco : CA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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A federal judge refused today to dismiss a lawsuit challenging California's ban on same-sex marriage, setting the stage for the nation's first trial on the constitutionality of a law allowing only opposite-sex couples to wed. Images More Bay Area News Chief U.S.
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