经济学人:同性恋婚姻
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联邦上诉法院撤消了禁止同性恋婚姻的提案
HINTS:
Earl Warren
the Ninth Circuit
Proposition Eight
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"The freedom to marry", wrote Earl Warren, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, "has long been recognised as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men." Warren wrote that sentence in 1967, by way of explaining why he and his colleagues unanimously ruled that laws banning interracial marriages violated both the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th amendment. Supporters of gay marriage would like to see that same court apply that same reasoning to their cause. On February 7th a federal court in California brought them one step closer.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that Proposition Eight, a ballot initiative passed by California's voters in November 2008 amending the constitution to prohibit gay marriage, was unconstitutional. That initiative passed five months after California's Supreme Court overturned an earlier ban on gay marriage. During that time, California granted marriage licences to some 18,000 gay couples.联邦最高法院大法官Earl Warren写到：“婚姻自由早已被认为是一项重要的个人权利，这对于人们追求幸福至关重要”。他与他同事一致认为，禁止不同种族间通婚违反了宪法第十四条修正案中的平等保护以及正当程序条款，他于1967年写下了上面那句话用于解释他的判决。同性婚姻的支持者们希望看到，该法院能将这个论点于他们的同性婚姻案件中。二月七日，加州法院又使他们的目标更进一步。
美国上诉法院第九巡回庭判决：加州人民于08年11月投票通过的宪法修正案第八提案违宪，该提案旨在禁止同性婚姻。州最高院撤销原先禁止同性婚姻后的五个月，该提案得以投票通过。在此期间，加州为18000对同性夫妇颁发了结婚证书。
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