A major victory for same-sex marriage advocates came on Feb. 7 when federal court struck down California’s Proposition 8 as unconstitutional. Prop 8 had previously prohibited same-sex couples from marrying.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 ruling, found that the statute “serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in