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Deja New: Prop. 8 Challenge Reaches Calif. Court

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Mar 1, 2009 5:34 pm US/Pacific

Deja New: Prop. 8 Challenge Reaches Calif. Court

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― One year and a day after the state Supreme Court heard arguments on extending marriage to gay couples, many of the same lawyers will be back before the court on Thursday arguing why California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage should stand or fall.

The passage of Prop. 8 last November changed the state constitution to prohibit gay marriage and trumped the high court's decision a few months earlier to legalize it.

But the ballot measure was appealed and the justices are getting the final word.

The stakes are high -- for the 18,000 couples who married while same-sex weddings were legal, for gay marriage opponents who object on religious grounds and for others who are deeply divided on the issue.

Whatever the court decides is likely to have ramifications not only for millions of Californians but also for other states grappling over gay marriage.

(© 2010 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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