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Shaky Grounds for Prop. 8 Ruling

By Debra Saunders
Two of three judges on a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday found Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Judge Stephen Reinhardt stipulated that the ruling skirted the larger issue of whether same-sex couples have a right to marry. That's a shame, because at least an equal-right-to-marry claim makes for a clean argument. Reinhardt praised himself for overturning Prop. 8 on "the narrowest... (Read Full Article)

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