California high court upholds gay marriage ban
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 19:21
in Mathematics & Economics
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California's Supreme Court upheld the state's gay-marriage ban Tuesday but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that took place before the prohibition passed are still valid - a ruling decried by gay-rights activists as a hollow victory. Demonstrators outside the court booed, wept and yelled, "Shame on you!" Activists said they would go back to the voters as early as next year in a bid to repeal the ban....