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Article: California's supreme court upholds gay marriage ban.
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- Europe Intelligence Wire
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- May 26, 2009
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(From Guardian Unlimited)
California's supreme court has upheld a ban on gay marriage in the state after voters used a referendum to overturn an earlier ruling in favour of recognising homosexual weddings.
But the court ruled that the 18,000 gay marriages that have already taken place will continue to be recognised by the state government.
The ruling is the latest twist in a social battle that is increasingly replacing abortion as a rallying point for conservatives after several states legalised gay marriage in the past years, with more expected to follow in the coming months, while others have passed laws barring them.
The California ...