U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its long-awaited opinion on whether Proposition 8 violates the civil rights of gay men and lesbians.
Proposition 8 was a 2008 California ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage. In August 2010, a federal judge struck down the ban, which was left in place during the appeals process.
Photo: Activists on courthouse steps earlier this morning. (Terry McSweeney/ABC7 San Francisco)
