Gay Marriage Ban In California Declared Unconstitutional!

Same Sex Marriage Is Now Legal In California! (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Earlier today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California violated the Constitution.

The three-judge panel found that Proposition 8 – passed by California voters in November 2008 violated the equal protection rights of two same-sex couples.

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Gay Marriage Ban In California Declared Unconstitutional! (Justin Sullivan/Getty Image)

The court ruled that Proposition 8 violated the 14th Amendment of the Constitution by discriminating against a group of people, gay men and lesbians.

‎”Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.” -Judge Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

The Judge also added “All that Proposition 8 accomplished was to take away from same sex-couples the right to be granted marriage licenses and thus legally to use the designation ‘marriage…..Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gay men and lesbians in California.”

Gay Marriage Ban In California Declared Unconstitutional! (Getty Images)

Evan Wolfson, the president of Freedom to Marry, said “This monumental appellate decision restores California to the growing list of states and countries that have ended exclusion from marriage and will further accelerate the surging nationwide majority for marriage.”

The case will proceed to the United States Supreme Court. Even though some gay activists have been apprehensive about taking this case to the current Supreme Court, fearful that conservative justices could lead it to codify a ban against same-sex marriage.

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