Yesterday the California Supreme Court met to
deliberate on the issue of gay marriage in the state yet again, after
the court's May ruling to allow same-sex couples to marry was reversed
when voters approved Proposition 8 in November.
The
hearing lasted more than three hours and though the seven justices all
seemed to agree that the 18,000 same-sex couples who married legally
before Prop. 8 passed would remain legally wed, it appears the court
may be leaning in favor of Prop. 8
"Here we are dealing with the power of the people, the inalienable
right, to amend the Constitution," Justice Joyce Kennard, who voted in
favor of legalizing gay marriage in May, said.
What else was heard at the hearing? And what did Kenneth Starr have to say?
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