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Courtroom showdown set to begin over same-sex marriage
By Mallory Simon and Dan Simon, CNN
San Francisco, California (CNN) - They've been committed to each other for eight years and have four sons together, but there's a component missing in one Berkeley, California, couple's life that's out of reach for them: getting married.
Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier's partnership is one that has taken center stage because of the ongoing debate on same-sex marriage in California.
On Monday, the spotlight will be even brighter, when a trial challenging California's Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, begins in U. S. District Court in San Francisco. Demonstrators are expected to be out in force. There also may be a camera in the courtroom if the ballot initiative's sponsors fail in their 11th hour bid to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to keep it out.
Perry and Stier, along with Jeffrey Zarrillo and Paul Katami, of Los Angeles, are the two couples at the heart of the case, arguing that California's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. They are asking Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker to issue an injunction against Proposition 8's enforcement.
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What can be more unconstitutional than throwing out millions of votes and letting a few privileged people who, in their opinion, believe that it is right or wrong make the decision.
To much power is being taken from the citizens and given to radical or reformist judges.
Again, marriage is between man and woman from the very beginning. Proposition 8 won, so why are they trying to argue with this went to a voting.....