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Published on Thursday, May 15, 2008
By Tony Castro
The California Supreme Court's landmark ruling striking down a state ban on same-sex marriage now opens the way to a summer of gay and lesbian weddings in the Golden State and a new political fight leading into the fall's presidential campaign, supporters of the decision said Thursday.
The court's 4-3 decision - making California the second state in the nation, after Massachusetts, to give same-sex couples the right to marry - ruled that two state laws limiting marriage to a union between a man and a woman are unconstitutional.
But even while celebrating the decision Thursday, gay-rights advocates and supporters said they are bracing for a possible November ballot initiative from a coalition of religious and social conservative groups attempting to enact a ban on same-sex marriages in the state constitution.
"This, of course, is going to deal with the politics of today and with our presidential election, but we're not going away," said the Rev
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